You may consider fine tuning your skills or finding the right people to work with (contractor, mentor, agent, lender, etc) before moving forward on a deal I stopped referring contractors years ago for a number of reasons. 

Have some patience, you will most likely be talking to engineers with minimal English skills, so keep that in mind.

I know it is difficult to explain over a forum how the mood of the conversation was but I feel I could have locked in the deal if my negotiating skills were better.

That means both of your deals are using the same leverage, the real difference is time and skills.

I would also be curious to see if they are finding the availability of skilled labor challenging, and if so, any strategies to address it.

One of them is out job and their child (with pics) had a medical issue and undergone surgery so I was bound to be more understanding .  

Recently hadm.y mind blown by Rich Dad Poor Dad.My family and I have been slowly climbing out of debt, mostly due to medical bills from my Crohn's Disease.

I think this will be good to develop presentation skills.

I don't quite have the skill set or the time to do that though.

But tipping tenants either die in place, or rush off to the hospital and then to extended medical rehab, or are compulsive hoarders who decide to simply up and flee their previous life.Landlords just look at all the junk left behind and smell all the stink of years and say, "I can't do this.