I initially offered $200K in cash, but the seller countered at $240K.

For example, the insurance company offers you $100k.

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Sellers are offering incentives like paid closing costs, and with homes sitting longer on the market, buyers have more room to negotiate!

We stay in contact with this agent and I guess she made a couple of verbal offers for us after the agreement had expired. 

Old lists which are on the mentioned platforms practically guarantees saturation and others already having reached out and made offers/solutions because all your competitors are getting the same leads and at the same time.

We own every property we sell, and our company stabilizes them before offering them to our clients.  

I'm more focused on residential properties, however, I offer a bit of everything.

Is it worth it for someone like me who hasn't done any deals yet, but is going to be making offers on my 1st investment property in the spring?

Traditional lenders won’t approve it, and hard money lenders who offer this type of financing all the time look for experience, assets, or strong equity in the deal.Partnering with someone who has financing or experience is realistic approach when starting.