It's simply brokering real estate except instead of being up front & telling the distressed seller that you'll sell their property for X amount & take X amount as your commission / fee you are taught to lie to the seller & pretend you are going to buy the property while you secretly attempt to "assign" your contract.It doesn't work.

Pretend you are a renter looking for a place.....go to very website you would go to as a renter and start comparing what's out there the same way...location, condition, size, amenities etc etc.

Im a gambler who likes leverage so Id pretend I didn't have the cash and try to put together some seller financed deals and learn how to buy with using as little cash as possible.

You could pretend, do all the homework and then see what happens at auction.

There was low water pressure in the tub/shower, so I decided to fix it myself and pretend I was working on one of my rentals.

Taking the easy way out and pretending it isn’t your fault isn’t the best way to handle things.

@Ryan Lee  Let's pretend that the lot is in Bowie, MD. 

I don't know the area so it is hard to say but they is a crazy long time for a unit to be vacant if it is priced right.If you know someone nearby I would have someone pretend to be a perspective tenant and go meet your PM and see what they think.I would be marketing the unit online wherever you can and just put the contact info for your PM until it is filled.I think you need some concrete answers from your PM on why it is not getting filled.

I posted on a forum about hating my day job, and a guy messages me saying he can help show me the way. He sends me an email and we eventually talk on the phone.Long story short he's given me his login to a real estate...

Let's pretend that you didn't buy the house...and you see it for sale for $820,000.