With fees and points and so on, their money cost me 16%, and it was a total pain to refinance to a 5% conventional mortgage.If you are going to do a deal which involves buying a house for $50k less than market price, then paying Eastside $10k to expedite the closing is totally worth it.Eastside funding are good people, and they provide excellent service. 

*Listen for pain points.- Timeline.

Is the Only Way to Negotiate a Lower Price with Builders is to have a pain in the butt inspector find a laundry list of problems and meaningless in the grand scheme defects to compel them to cut their numbers to move to acceptance and closing?

It's forcing landlord to pay for other people's medical conditions.We all know about Biden administration's eviction moratorium, which was defeated in court.

I know it is painful when you have bern decreasing the rent already.  

This could lead to friction during the application process or deter some potential tenants.Increased Administrative Work: Requiring multiple applications per household increases your workload, as you'll need to process more information, run additional background checks, and review more documents.

I’m most interested to learn how people in the local area are picking their investments and how much pain they are willing to endure per unit. 

You can hire a local real estate agent, contractor, or even a fellow wholesaler.Virtual Assistants: Consider hiring virtual assistants to handle administrative tasks like data entry, lead generation, and follow-up calls.

If I may ask, which aspects are the most painful, to the point that you're exiting the market?

And, as you might have guessed, the cost and administrative work is about the same as forming in New York.