The last document they lost for several days then magically found it again.  

NO ONE.Do you magically appear in the "motivated seller list" in propstream?

I have found that usually, as soon as you take a n interest and start "helping" by sending them possibilities while reminding them of the move out date, they will magically find something. 

Thats part of the magic of the Reverse - while you're selling one you get the revenue from it.

No matter if you're represented or not, that commission is already accounted for and that magic % DOES NOT go back into the seller's pockets.

There's no magical brrrr market. 

Here are some thoughts of mine on why I like multi-family over SF:-MF trade on the buildings income (NOI & CAP rates) not comparables like SF -Forced appreciation=magic!

If you can get your AGI down by investing in retirement plans then you may be able to get to that magic below 150k number.

Since they don't allow escalation clauses, it becomes very important to get the magic number and at the same time not over pay.I looked at the one Mountlake Terrace (same situation).Situations like these are very challenging for a flipper.Personally, I like deals that are priced too high to begin with, and over time, the price falls into an acceptable range.

We get dragged into long telephone conversations with these people, who seem to think that we can wave some magic wand and everyone will be happy again.