If you told him you have been playing pickup games for the past year and need help improving your jump shot, now he has evidence you're motivated and a specific goal he can quickly help you work towards.

You need to go direct to motivated sellers. 

I have a motivated seller that wants to sell his tenant occupied  home.

@Kevin KiteI work with a very motivated cannabis lender who goes up to $30mm check size for retail or grow ops. 

Cash buyers, and motivated sellers.

An interesting fact, I spend a lot of money on marketing and most of our motivated buyers are landlords that didn't figure out how to run a business prior to investing.

This might actually be a good time to find deals as some sellers might be more motivated.

I have been BRRRR-ing for over a decade in Milwaukee and it's not like deals were always easy to find, but once a house has been sitting on the market for 6 months, sellers get more motivated to discuss a less than ideal priced offer.

You could chase after the same properties as everyone else on the MLS with a realtor, or you could send out mailers to a motivated seller list. 

Properties with room to add value don't come up here often, hence the motivation to get into this property.