This obviously means that you'd need to define the investor persona and more sophisticated firms will have access to yield while seeking placement a lot easier than smaller investors do.  

The Calgary market is taking a hit right now, so owners are offering 1 month free rent, reduced rent, etc to fill the units, so the owner may not be willing to give more than $50/d/m. As

Hopefully you also find your Nashville person as well. :)All the best!

Death threats were recently made against us and we have been harassed/threatened by this person a couple times before.

Another strategy could be to develop a very clearly persona financial statement showing your specific strategies to the bankers, so they will feel more comfortable with their perceived "risk".

It seems to work pretty well right now.In all simplicity, person A needs a roof, bathroom, kitchen and bedroom to avoid having to sleep under a bridge abutment, or on a relatives couch.Person B has control of an unused roof, bathroom, kitchen and bedroom and in return for a monthly cash payment, allows Person A to use it temporarily.Currently Person C gets elected and disparages person B believing it's a fast ticket to being re-elected.

If they didn't contract that person as their realtor it would generate bad feelings, so that person automatically gets their business 

The bird dog never made contact with the homeowner/seller and only provided an address to you, so I do not believe that would violate any laws to pay that person a fee for their time and gas money. 

@Christopher Murphy- let me know if you would like a referal for a  good  Loan person .....as far as  getting pre approved -  doing this with one lender  ( maybe  2  ) is ample 

Then from that you can either make this person a JV investor, PML, or have them just buy a property from you on the backside.