You’ll need to find a GC on board with the extra paperwork and a seller willing to accept a longer closing time.   

Yet investors expect a PMC to do all this extra followup for free because they think the program is "gold".We've always accepted S8 tenants and have no plans to stop.It's a decent program if the investor understands the limitations and challenges.Otherwise, it's "fool's gold".

My background is in Social Work, with a Master's degree.

Maybe they are bad communicators.Assuming you still want the place, I would do anything you want to reach out via the renal address or professional websites, but home addresses and personal social media is going too far.

If they're serious, I encourage them to send me the request which I accept (after I've also made our House Rules clear).

Don’t accept any subject to offers since they will burn into your deal time.3.  

List the property on MLS or with a trusted real estate agent, and market aggressively through social media, local advertising, and open houses to generate interest.

Also keep in mind, terms other than price will play a role in getting you offer accepted too.

Social media is not helping here.

If you pay more, you won't meet your metrics and will probably have negative cashflow and/or equity.You may have to make 10, 20 or even 100 offers to get one accepted at the price that meets your numbers.This is what all investors did BEFORE the Great Real Estate Crash of 2008-2010.