Genuine accidents that need coverage, now you have good insurance. 

Be genuine, courteous and likable. if you aren't any of those, then you'll have to work on them first. :) Show that you respect their time and their consideration, and let them know that you'd like to do business with them.2) Establish credibility.

Sure, there are some who want sell us newbies something, but many hosts are genuinely excited to share their methods. 

Based only on the information provides I would say the answer is a big "depends".If the landlord is making genuine effort and has run into unforeseen problems he could justify the delays.

Please do not become one of those people who give property investors a bad name and cause genuine people so much financial loss in some future date.So, if you want to do a deal that is ethical, legal and of value to all concerned then I suggest you do some research on this site around lease options and learn from those who do these types of deals professionally and know all the rules, including those in relation to crediting rent to a purchase and how Dodd Frank affects that.

this might be considered biased considering i am a realtor, but i have never met a genuinely successful flipper who did NOT use a realtor.  

I'm being completely genuine when I say this...this is moving you in the wrong direction. 

Be genuine.  

Be genuine and be yourself don’t try to oversell or over promise and under deliver) During our analysis we brought in @Kiran K, a long time SFR investor with a lot of deals under his belt who was also looking to get into MF properties.

I am genuinely curious as to all of your opinions.