I think at this stage meet the owner and see where his head is at.

@Justin Johnson While @Jeff Copeland is technically correct that commercial buildings should be valued off NOI and not comps, that isn't always the case especially at this stage of the market. 

Our cleaner arranged for a vetted friend to clean for her in her absence and then told us.

Dear Mrs. tenant,We are excited to announce that our company is in the final stages of purchasing the building within which you reside, and I’ll begin managing the property on <date>.

I will arrange a meet to get payment to cover cost of screening and take the opportunity to do more in depth personal interview before continuing with screening. 9 times in 10 by the end of that initial interview I will know what the screening results will show.

In my case, I don't need or want to get bigger for the sake of bigness at this stage of my life.

Not so obvious is another advantage of using a phone number such as provided by Google Voice.When we go where cell service is questionable or not available, we simply set up the Google Voice to forward to who ever we have arranged to be our Proxy.

However, if you are not at that stage yet where they turning you down, just focus on getting more properties.

This type of investment could be very time consuming in the early stages, but once you have the property performing, it can be very easy to manage and maintain. 

., we have a small group of landlords that call upon each other and we arrange a late night visit to have a "conversation" with the tenant.