Sellers do not want to go through the time, effort and exposure, or tie up their property, in a transaction that has no chance to close.There are those extremely rare cases, that become real estate legend, in which a buyer with little capital, and no borrowing capacity, is successful in convincing a seller of a large, expensive property to take him seriously and is able to perform a high wire act of raising capital from a variety of unconventional sources and actually complete the purchase.  

I'm new to real estate investing and I'm exploring the idea of using money that I have tied in a 401k retirement fund in exchange for an investment property.  

Since it is a short sale, it will take months and months to close, and I do not want to have to tie up someone elseʻs money for so long.

I feel like any time I spend showing homes, makes me a stronger agent in the future because I'm better at comps for listings and know the homes before I get my other buyers in them.

But when you have inexperienced wholesalers tying up properties at prices that are not deals, they won't be able to sell them.

The owner has not had good experiences with tenants and does not want to offer financing/sell to an investor since he will still be tied to a rental situation through this financing.

It's a great feeling once you tie up a deal.

Oil companies may also have a tie in with the equipment lease.The absolute best situation is to own the real estate, own the operating business, own the equipment, and have no long term contract with any gasoline provider, in a heavily trafficed location with no direct competition, and a high volume dealership.  

Sounds like this is all tied together in finding a bank that deals with commercial properties as well as an LLC.4.

So I don't think it's tied up.