I think it's a strong start.The phrase "roughly matches" can be very liberally construed.

Any ideas for good phrases that would attract the sellers I want to hear from?

You could phrase it like this.

To re-phrase my conjecture based upon Bill's chemical dump statement: sometimes that "right price" will be negative in value.

Etc".Newbie; "uh none yet, I've got some good stuff I'm looking at, but I'm only going to actually deal in property for a short time, the real easy money is in 'paper', CAUSE YOU NEVER HAVE TO PAINT A MORTGAGE" (or however they phrased it at the seminar he attended)Me: "uh huh, well sometimes you DO HAVE TO PAINT A MORTGAGE, and guess what, when you do, you need and attorney and sherrif's deputy to hold the ladder for you!"

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I thought I would phrase it a little differently!

scratch the phrase "Assuming you have fewer than 4 Fannie Mae loans currently," - I had started off thinking about DFE and then change my direction after re-reading Albert Bui's post.

Some people have suggested the phrase "the 2% test" instead.

When I told the borrower that he's being taken advantage of, he said the contractor, who is apparently something of a mentor to him, repeated the oft-used phrase when someone is about to screw you, "Something is better than nothing, isn't it?"