It is as simple as asking and seeing what they say. 3) As you continue to do more jobs your confidence will grow in asking people to give you deals and this will help you negotiate.

Depends what your goals are, @Connor Castillo.If you are simply after cash flow: pay off the debtIf you are confident in your strategy, use leverage to obtain more properties.

But, you need to know what you are doing and be confident you can help them (and also know the market).

I have confidence that 10 years from now you will be happy you purchased.  

How do I instill confidence rather than fear of failure in a sense?

However I lack the confidence and knowledge to get started.

But even if this takes another 6 weeks I still have confidence that this will be a great buying tool for this summer.

So you would ask for, i.e. 45 day feasibility period (the time in which your deposit is still refundable) and then if by day 45 you feel confident and can start to move towards a close, then you will ask for a certain amount of time to close, but during that second timeframe, the deposit is now NON refundable.

Once you have this team in place, you should have the foundation to invest in any market confidently while not being there physically.

I want to feel confident about the comps I use.