I was shocked and embarrassed to admit I didn't have any money to pay him. 

Some people are just lazy, unorganized or even embarrassed about how they have run a business so showing that is not something they like to do. 

Must have been pretty embarrassing.

This topic has been covered in about three threads now - I don't think your going to get a different answer if you keep posting it over and over.The one common theme you seem to have is a fear of your buyers "knowing what your up to".is there something your doing you should be ashamed or embarrassed of?

Combine that with the fact that he found the whole thing to be highly embarrassing, he did not discuss the potential problem with people, even when they were solicited to invest in his deals.

It was a little embarrassing and it stalled the deal.I then found a mortgage-specific lender who only required NCIP-backed policy which was significantly cheaper.

Being 19 and broke, my idea is to send handwritten postcards to absentee owners through listsource seeing as that seems like the cheapest route to go, after trying to drive for dollars with no success (and with quite a bit of embarrassment i might add.)

It's embarrassing when I'm standing with a client and they pull up faster information on a property using Zillow

Do it.Franklin Well, embarrassing to admit, but one of our Roth IRA is returning 4%, the other one is negative, as of today.

@Ben Smith There's a line, something to the tune of "If you're not embarrassed by your offer, you're offering too much".While that's not always the case (you eventually acclimate to making lowballs), I think the real takeaway is that you have to make offers that work for you.