A few days ago the appraiser - 3rd party person contracted by the bank - contacted me with the intentions of setting up an appointment to inspect the property.

Tell the Broker what she did and that the bank and the seller will not continue with the transaction and that (since the higher offer was submitted under his brokerage) to appoint another agent for the transaction, better yet, tell the broker to step up and do this transaction.

I have no knowledge if that would fly with tenant landlord laws but just wanted to give you kuddos for the idea.I've made appointments with tenant to show only to have them refuse the showing.

If you needed a specialist, you were probably out of luck, with waits for appointments running 6 months to over a year.Unfortunately, the socialists often don't understand that you can't have socialism without capitalism.

In the meantime, be careful not to get bogged down by the chorus of expert opinion, often conflicting, from every self-appointed mentor on the topic.

You go to the appointment, have a look around, establish rapport, and then what do you do?

For next deal I would start scheduling appointment with, the VPs of small local banks with no more than 20 branches!

I have two appointments this week to get a tour of the properties and make my hard offer!

When people are late to meetings/appointments.

Otherwise I suggest sending out your own direct mail and making it happen - I do about 2000-3000/month and go on a lot of appointments to find the gold nuggets!