In reverse mortgage short sale, if seller is died, seller's heirs have no motivation to do the deal with me because they do not get any money from it.

But, a nicely designed and painted house with well thought-out accent walls, etc may subconsciously contribute to my higher classifying in quality and condition, which may somewhat influence value, but not necessarily significantly.Good luck!

I am not thinking of a bigger game as my only motive for now is to invest a very small amount of bank saving that I have.

And there's a ton of social media influencers pushing this fake narrative - rented cars, houses, jet interiors to take pictures/videos etc - some of them are pretty good at making it look real.

However, in rare cases, a motivated seller might make exceptions.You are correct that assuming a loan means you'll need enough cash to cover the difference to qualify.

I market my rents marginally below FMR to intentionally remove the tenant's motivation to relocate - - it would cost them to move for any reason!

That will usually motivate a bad PM to settle with you and make the complaint go away before the state starts to investigate.

Gave me motivation that things can work out even in these markets of uncertainty.

The influencers "making millions from wholesaling" teach you the same steps everyone else teaches you. 

Someone smart enough with enough influence to get the family to sell.