We are currently working on a flip in the Brewerytown part of Philadelphia, and have 2 deals on the table for rentals that we are waiting to get to settlement.

Are there other means to bring the owners to the table and incentivize selling their share of a distressed property? 

A month into it I was sitting at the closing table on my first wholesale deal.

Real Estate License is off the table.

'yeah, just need to buy a used router/table, table saw, heat gun, paint, varnish, this that, and do a-z no pro.

Taking debt maturity risk off the table H-U-G-E! 

But, like was mentioned before, most seller that close at a kitchen table don't know the difference. 

I would speak with her about the rent and her time table for paying it. 

I've never been on that side of the table so i'd love any insight someone could give me, or would love it if anyone could direct me in a direction to get started. 

Because of this, it's likely that you're going to have to bring more cash to the table and/or maybe pay a higher interest rate (because traditional banks might not touch it).Here is my logic on the costs based on your posts.