Also in PA, landlords set the rent -- if the the rent offered by section 8 is lower than your asking rent, you can surely reject the tenant. 

His quote is much higher and you reject it after only looking at the bottom line number... and go with contractor "A"-----------Materials: You can try and pick things like faucets, lights, tubs, toilets.

Listen to the stress in their voice as they describe to you their latest offer of $20,000 over asking price being rejected. 

@Megan RoyWhat it sounds like this was a duplex, converted to a single unit and then converted back to a duplex and the jurisdiction rejected it noting it cannot be converted back.This usually is picked up during permitting phase but ask any developer and they will tell you the jurisdiction never takes any responsibility for a screw up or missing anything and push it back on your architect.

As an agent, investors bring the promise of multiple commissions, but require more work in terms of offers that are rejected.

Make the dials, deal with rejection, hone your pitch, and success will follow.  

I’m in Portland, OR, where from what I understand, doesn’t allow landlords to reject section 8 tenants solely due to their affiliation with the program.

The process usually goes something like this:Seller/Borrower submits a mountain of paperwork and hardship documents to the lender (there are short sale specialists and attorneys who specialize in negotiating short sales, it's generally not a do-it-yourself gig)Lender takes several months to approve the short saleLender does a BPO to determine market valueSeller lists the property with a realtor to ensure full market exposure and maximum sale priceBuyer/Investor makes an offerSeller/Borrower accepts offer (which is subject to lender approval, per a short sale addendum to the contract)Buyer/Investor opens escrowBank has 60 to 90 days to respondBank comes back on day 89 and rejects offer, wants more money for the property (after all, several months have passed since the BPO)Buyer/investor cancels the contract and walks away, having wasted three months waiting with money tied up in escrow. 

We give them 15 days to accept or reject it, either way we're off to the races.

But it had been several months and I had several rejected offers and struggles finding another deal.