Hi @Lisa Henrichthis is my opinion but I would say no-for the same reason a carpenter probably shouldn't pound nails on their own rehab.

But I'm questioning whether it's worth all the marginal time to pound the pavement for deals now, rather than just enjoying life more now and getting ready for the next cycle.

I did notice the pound sign and dont want you to think that the things that work here will also work there.They may and may not.

I would urge you to get a meeting with you the seller and both agents and pound this out.I have sold home in up and down markets where appraisals killed or made the deal.  

The tax man gets his pound of flesh, no matter what.

Sometimes for the same clients each year...While, water damage restoration services are crucial in addressing and repairing any water damage that occurs in your home or property, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...The best way to keep your home safe, is by proper runoff, and landscaping.  

One way I have seen counties and cities pound long time MH park owners is to keep raising connection fees each time a trailer is changed out, charge huge fees every time they need to go out and inspect something, make grandfather clauses with the park so they cannot sell to a new operator etc.Basically the county and city think of multiple ways to make it harder and more expensive legally to push park owners to retire and sell off to developers.It's kind of the under the radar hard kick in the As% approach used by your local government.... : )There is a junkie park now in my county where commercial is sprouting up all around it.

I have lost FIVE pounds in a few weeks. 

Haul lumber, pound nails, sweep and do all the junk that hired labor does.

I would appreciate any advice.Thanks,RohitI'm going to guess that it isn't actually the seller's preferred lender, but the listing agent's preferred lender.Kickbacks are very illegal, but an agent wanting a deal to go smoothly is not illegal.In this case, however, the listing agent is shooting herself in the foot: the mortgage gal or guy that already knows your situation and has done a mortgage or two for you before, and that you know for a fact knows how to set up financing for folks that own several pieces of real estate (not everyone does), will make things go 20 times smoother than the listing agent's "go to" lender for her first-time home buyer clients with simple situations and no Schedule E.Tell your agent to tell the other agent to pound sand, you've already got a rockstar local non-big-bank lender that knows your finances, has done mortgages for you before, can steer your deal right back to the same underwriter that underwrote your last deal, and is strong in the ways of both the force AND investor borrowers.