The buy back was a comment over the phone, nothing legally binding unfortunately.

Are there local hard money lenders that will actually talk to you or is it pretty hard to get a real person on the phone?

She has an excellent tenant profile, but private rental home inventory is low at holiday time.QUESTIONS:Would it be too much to1. locate the owner's email or phone number and then contact them?

But try and contact @David To he’s going through something similar I’m sure he’s made phone calls and knows alittle more of what you can do. 

Quote from @Derrick Lewis: Was the customer satisfied at least after your phone call?  

Willing to chat more over the phone or Zoom if you’re interested. 

TLDR: Pre-approval seems like a good thing but it can lead to lost bookings or a time sink (has anyone spent less than 20-30 minutes on the phone with VRBO trying to fix something??).

Is there something I need to do to get my phone number and name disassociated with these properties or at least made private?

I talked to numerous California investors in real life and phone/Zoom calls who have lost money in far away OOS markets, mostly Midwest markets (e.g. repairs, capital expenses, bad tenants, properties vandalized while under renovation, evicted tenant stole all the appliances, property managers with high fees or overcharging for repairs).

I had already had a great phone conversation with Bob Dreher and am on their investor list.