I've sent him numerous emails specifying what I want and I now have a bunch of unanswered texts asking about what's going on. 

Over the past year, I've had to make frequent calls and send numerous emails—sometimes daily to MNPMC's office and the managing partner to receive timely owner disbursements.

I've recently saved enough resources to purchase my first business, which I'm considering to be a gas station.I've done many of my own calculations, and have looked at numerous listings on many different sites.

Security deposit amountYou can find plenty of examples by searching for "tenant estoppel certificate doc" or exchanging "doc" with "pdf" for more options.Here is an example and explanation: Sample EstoppelSome have a lot of legal jargon but this document does not need to be so detailed.

I can tell you numerous stories of CA investors that I've met at meet ups who have lost money OOS, especially Class C. 

I concur 100% that it is an underutilized resource with it numerous benefits compared to, “civilian, conventional loans.” 

Security deposit amountYou can find plenty of examples by searching for "tenant estoppel certificate doc" or exchanging "doc" with "pdf" for more options.Here is an example and explanation: Sample EstoppelSome have a lot of legal jargon but this document does not need to be so detailed.

Also I see money being added up by numerous declined deals.

In our24 years of experience, managing almost 100 S8 leases currently, the average S8 tenant has a FICO under 580, numerous collections from utility & cell phone companies, doesn't want to pay a security deposit, much less an application fee and claims they don't know how to fill out their S8 paperwork despite being in the program for several years - hint: they want YOU to do it for them.Most, not all, are eligible for government assistance due to a funeral-march of bad choices.REALITY: you are trust trading one set of problems for another.You can succeed with S8, but you need to understand the challenges and plan accordingly.

For numerous reasons, this strategy is not anywhere near as simple as it appears, and the risk of default problems can be quite high if the seller is inexperienced or unknowledgeable.