Ive also knocked on the door on multiple occasions.

Focus on finding a real estate tax strategist who specializes real estate taxation, cost segregations, tax planning and financial planning. 

There are banks that do non-recourse loans to IRA's, a simple google search should render you some results. 2) If you are still working for the government, you likely can't rollover the TSP to an IRA. 3) When borrowing money with the IRA, you do have a special tax, called UBIT, not a deal breaker, but something to be aware of. 

No one could find a good deal until one of the speaker took the microphone and said: fortunatly 2 mentors came in the room (coincidence number 12) and you can ask their help for 25k. 99% of all sheeps in the room jumped on the occasion and we soon got a house at the best price ever: thank you the mentor.

Validate zoning, potential special or use variance, future zoning map, neighboring zoning.

He is an investor, investor focused agent that specializes in short term rental, can assist with the staging process and also has a property management company as well.

Here's how I do my due diligence:1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where I think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then and only then do I pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.

If you can specialize in 2 to 4 above, then a cash investor may take interest in working with you. 

I specialize in getting foreign investors started in Dubai and work with seasoned local companies who handle everything from start to finish.

That basically leaves you with investors and buyers with let's say special circumstances.