( maybe  sweeten the terms  you are  giving the seller in order to  make it  worth their time ) it sounds like the cash out  refinance  might not  work out  so  try to get this  pinned  down  before  making any additional mistakes  ( normally  a lender  should be able to give you a  slid indication of  approval  within 1-2 days  after you have  provided all the data they ask for ) 

A couple additions that may sweeten the pot for you.At "4" when you convert the rental into your new primary you may want to sell your current rental since you will get the first $500K of profit tax free. 

My clients have offered gratis post settlement occupancies as a way to sweeten their offer (if thats what the seller needs).My advice is to call the listing agent and ask them how to get the seller's attention.

So it will be worth you time to explore  ways to sweeten a deal to make a seller jump. 

Here is my suggestion: If you love this location and intend to occupy for 10 years make the offer with notes that seller has to bring subject to code and remove tenants, you will need to sweeten the price for them to do this.

You can also offer to shorten the contingency to a week to sweeten the deal.

Send them a sweeten offer on the 4 units and let them come to me if they changed their mind.

We submitted our offer at full asking price with an escalation clause of $20,000 to sweeten the deal.

I’d like access to equity if I find a stellar kb at deal and need to sweeten it with a high cash rich offer.

Hey all, We closed on a property in Wichita on which we offered a two week lease back to sweeten the deal for the seller.