The flurry of new laws that keep coming out under the guise of "helping" tenants ends up having the opposite effect and eating into the slim profits of landlords.

So, I see a very slim chance of getting my money back. 

I will opine that if a seller is so hung up on how you got their number the chance of doing anything with that lead is slim to none.. so again I would if asked1. ask them is that important to you ?? 

So I posted this in reddit but got slim to none responses and figured I should post it where the experts live.

The odds of qualifying with 1 rental property seem veryyyyyyyyyy slim. 

Nothing huge, but it did take time.We knew the first year was going to be slim as a new listing but overall it worked out well for us.Our current search has included some basic cosmetic fixers as we are in the same position.

It was really slim pickings for our budget of $2,000/m or less. 

Chances are slim but can't hurt to ask. 

The labor and materials shortage has also made the process much harder and profit margins are very slim.

Since a licensed real estate agent listed this, there's a slim chance they'll let you wholesale.