This post has gotten a lot of traction!

I was at the Traction REIA last night as well and couldn't wait to get back to BP to question the legitimacy of the technique.

The problem I've had with getting any traction on check fraud or pressing charges against somebody using bad or stolen checks is a jurisdiction fingerpointing game from the police.  

It can take some time to get some traction, especially if you don't have any reviews.

 $115,000 is a bit low for anyone at $150,000 - but an offer of $123,467 may have had some traction.  

This might be a long shot but if the market in your targeted area is that hot you might have to pay closer to market or lower your standards to gain traction

Seems to me you might get better traction if you hand delivered the offer and sat down with the seller to work through any objections, you go to all this effort to find these people and then just send them an email?

Look at places like Oahu where overnight 90% were made illegal.2, SFHs are dollar for dollar very inefficient, financing is easy and they are more liquid but your most valuable asset is time so if you go into STRs and SFHs you could find yourself at a loss of years before you gain traction.3, Watch what the big players are doing (I know that some hedge funds are buying SFHs but not at the rate as large multi-family)4.

.--- Is there any other reason that I may not be aware of that it is going to make it extremely difficult for me to break into this product type and build traction?

I've been in somewhat of an analysis paralysis at times but I'm starting to gain traction.