The bigger the lien, the better.But hey, they have to make it sound enticing, or who's going to invest.

In my experience the...the idea that a Realtor would "blackball" a flat fee listing is ludicrous AND more controversially, I think the strategy of offer the full 3% (Or some even say more) to the buyer broker to entice them to sell it is equally ludicrous.I have sold 30 houses in 2 years via flat fee and I offer 2% to the buyer broker every time.

'New York hard money lender' would be a reasonable starting point.If you've exhausted those above options, then you might, as mentioned, try looking at individual private money lenders, financing the deal out of your own pocket, or focusing on deals where the loan amounts are higher to entice a wider pool of lenders.Hope this helps!

But it may not make your offer look very enticing. 

My wife went to school in NC and we visit friends there pretty often so Charlotte/Charlotte outskirts are enticing to us as well from the stand point of viewing properties and knowing the area.

Many people are enticed by low-cost properties in some areas of the country.

Cleveland and Detroit are going to be very cash flow enticing, but be careful of bad property managers, high turnover, evictions, high renovation costs, and a declining population. 

Rents are high if you can cleanup the units and make them enticing to the tenants, even in areas that are not class A or B.

Brining a "deal" is often the most enticing.

Anyway, I think through what type of deals would entice me to buy and if any of my properties are not turning out like I expected and should but cut while the market remains hot.The third thing is knowing my local real estate market.