Put in the effort, build relationships, prove your value, and improve your odds of finding someone to help launch you on your path. 

Right here with @Bennie Bernard quizzing and curious about the best insurance option for STR in Oklahoma, oddly enough.

If you have a rent property with good cashflow, odds are you are BETTER qualified for the next mortgage than if you sold the rent property.  

Unless your agent is affiliated with a small Firm or works in the same local office as the listing agent, the odds of them knowing each other and having already shared info about either party with each other are pretty slim.

Hi John,For something of this size, the seller might be willing to carry a portion, but odds are your lender wont approve of it.I would look for an equity partner if I were in your boat.

They can bring you these opportunities before anyone else, thus improving your odds of closing a deal.

I dont think I can demand more rent and the odds of someone using it are lower.

Thats becuase your odds of repairs are much higher on D class than A.

Sometimes a 6 or 7 pref isn't sexy but if it's a strong investment with limited variables to the cash flow stream then might be better than a pie in the sky investment where the odds of not turning out well are higher than doing good.

Odds are you will lose your EMD if you back out, which may be a better option than sticking with this deal (depending on the amount and how it impacts you financially.)