But it takes time and energy from internally motivated people who take responsiblity.

It’s very motivating to hear how you did it!

.- Have attorney draw up a contract to do this.Suggest you offer your dad some cash, now or in the near future, to motivate him to transfer his ownership to you.It may not work out, but you will learn a lot either way!

Let them know that you are still in the business and ask them if they or anyone they know needs anything in relation to real estate.Call for-sale-by-owners (FSBO's) Many new agents are hesitant to reach out to people that they don’t know, but these are people who are motivated sell their home.

I'm doing tpc compliant texting to motivated sellers to book appointments. 

I do see lots of self storage and warehouses going up, so my default assumption would be that the old shopping malls do NOT trade for less than build cost, but it's possible that the marketplace is not perfectly efficient. 

This experience reinforced the need for efficient budgeting and timely execution to ensure profitability.

Several factors indicate the company is not that concerned about efficiency or ease of customer process: the website, a process that seemed to focus on one issue at a time instead of all issues at once, and consistently poor communications and lack of common sense from the loan analyst we were assigned.It started off very well with the initial point of contact, Austin Lornson, who did a fine job of explaining the general refinancing process, responding quickly and thoroughly to our questions.

A truly "motivated" seller tends to not really care the amount of earnest money and you could also structure your EM due at end of your inspection period. 

I am in the same struggle though and spend way too much time on Zillow searching through my buy box but I am finally becoming more efficient with my searches from just repetition mainly.