This is in my ball park!

I started/continued cultivating about half dozen different commercial brokers, by taking incoming cold/warm calls from brokers for off market offers(calls I used to just hang up on) from their fund buyers and deep pocket private investors, and soon realized(as few of the brokers had warned) that off market deals for this asset are always gonna be low ball, no matter how premium my location.

Play ball with them.Be prepared to follow through on the agreement.

And the 24 door funnel plays for all of these roofs and rehabs and the ball just keeps on rolling into one giant snowman.

I went after a bad appraisal (Who bragged about low balling appraisals) Because he said it was his duty to not let buyers over pay for a property...

There are a variety of ways but you just need to build relationships with clients and get the ball rolling.  

Another thing i would suggest is that maybe being more precise and articulate on exactly what you want in your home design might help bring the cost of the design down.

KevinThank you so much for your thorough, thoughtful, precise, and honest response.

@David B. All

More precisely, thanks for voicing my sub-conscious thoughts lol.