Challenges Encountered: Were there any significant challenges you faced during this transaction, and how did you overcome them?

Quote from @David Pulley: Asking for Miami Dade County Florida  This is a kickback which is illegal in residential transactions. 

You need to do the ethical thing and inform this person that your not of the correct knowledge or skill level to best represent this transaction. 

With minimal improvements, we successfully sold the home the same day for $45,000, demonstrating our ability to capitalize on fast transactions and strong market demand.

Most lenders want to understand the sources and uses of funds in the transaction.

Over the past 4 months I sent out about 3,000 letters to a semi-targeted list (2% reponse rate), made 1,000 cold calls (25% response rate), had multiple investor friendly realtors looking for oportunities, and of course checked zillow/realtor daily.

Massive dehumidifiers are filling with at least 3-4 gallons of water daily - we can't rent until a slew of multi thousand dollar repairs are completed.We were told that the dehumidifiers the sellers had in the house were only used during the spring when snowmelt was very bad.

But they are generally entry level younger people at a boring job. if you havent been 'encouraging' them with daily communication, I would encourage you to do so with with your point of contact. they may not be doing the necessary follow up needed to get a tenant in the home. and you inquiring everyday will most likely encourage them to do the necessary follow up.

All the purchase transactions i dealt were investor centric and Passive income / Positive cash flow oriented. 

Where a broker comes in very handy is handling the offer and the transaction.