I don't want to seem threatening, but I want them to understand my offer isn't going to get higher. 

They also may be able to offer higher liability limits. 

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Much higher response rate, but more time consuming.

You may also see a discount fee which means you are buying down your mortgage interest rate in exchange for higher upfront cost.

Other strategies are higher risk, higher time consumption, and higher reward.I would definitely NOT recommend starting with flipping, wholesaling or lending. 

W2 income is stable, predictable and as the statistics show, likely much higher than someone will ever earn going in on RE full time.

The increase in vacancies can be attributed to the addition of new properties to the market and higher than usual vacancy rates in older properties.https://www.socalrha.org/news/2024-vacancy-and-rental-rate-s...Note LL, location, and property all have an impact on actual vacancy.  

I always tell my clients to put a reminder on their phone to go off monthly to ensure they pay off all debts like this that can cause them to have higher credit scores. 

There are options out there but it definitely won't be as sweet as deals with higher loan amount that are purchases (bridge is more limiting than purchases).