Time: swing a hammer, Knowledge: write a book, Money: fund a deal.For me, it was worth the risk (and will continue to be).

If they tell you he was there hammering away for three days then you know he was at least doing something.

Now learning how to swing a hammer.

I would hammer call the agent, call from different numbers, etc. until they finally answer and then just be nice about it.

I assumed I had a hammer that legally they owed for the rest of the lease, and would negotiate with them accordingly.

Now I would be asking them to pay if they don';t close, making this arrangenment that much more difficult to get agreed to.The whole issue is the fact that agents have this hammer lock on their clients.

@Jonathan Farber I have not been able to hammer down a GC that works to my standards and within budget.

But if you buy it owner occupied, and rent out all four units, you could get hammered.  

Anyone with bad intentions who recognizes what a lockbox is will know that with a decent size hammer they can break it open and get a key.

my thoughts are how are you going to finance past 4 properties. and if your strong enough to go from 4 to 10  how are you going to go above that.the portfolio lenders are out there but a day does not go buy when I hear from those trying to borrow from them that they HAMMER the values.. so you may get a portfolio loan but your cash into the deals will probably have to be far more than what your thinking.just something to consider