What are you going to do for me as a landlord to sweeten the pot?

I'm trying to think of ways of "sweetening the pot" so the sellers will choose my offer, besides increasing the price :-).I know the normal process is that owners can't rent out the house after the short sale.

If you own a house, but you hardly have any equity in it, there's not much of a money pot for sue-happy people to chase after.But even knowing these things, just do things above board and legal.

Merely cancelling the contract and relisting guarantees I lose the deal at this point, but how can I get them to make a decision or get off the pot before I lose yet another weekend on the MLS?

There are some areas of northern California where Vacation Rentals off the grid may be marketable, but probably not in the actual northern California areas, but more the central California (north of the bay area a little in more mild climates)  In some of the mountain areas and near the coast, such as Trinity, Humbolt counties, there are drug cartels growing pot, and several people have gone missing (they stumble upon the gardens or have gone to work at the grows, never to be heard from again).

This should be a slam dunk sell, sell, sell ...ASAP.You're continually adding to a pot in poker, with a bad hand.  

Do you think it is a good idea to attack the field of Agency as if I have nothing and continue to build from the ground up as I gain education and experience, Ultimately continuing to add to my investment pot on the side?

We purchased at 75% ARV with cash (HELOC), refinanced up to 85%, added the extra funds to the pot and bought a SFR two months after that with the same gameplan (this time 80% ARV with cash, then refinanced to get our money back plus some). 

Values will not climb for ever and when they turn there will be a lot of appreciation speculators wishing they had taken their pot of gold when they could.

I would love to throw some money into the pot if you get something going.