Similar to Goldilocks, I think I'm leaving a trail of wasted money on the ground.

Now comes the hard part of trying to find a cost-effective way to attend the Super Bowl...

When you back out, this wastes the agent's time and hurts his/her reputation.I would recommend putting a local team in place that can look at properties for you and put in offers after you see the properties and know you want them.

I have used hard money several times, then I found a mortgage broker that admitted, I could borrow from anyone, brother, mom, etc, and have the same effect as hard money, a loan was on the property so it was a refinance.With people in retirement making 1-2% on money, find a friend and give them 1 point and 6 % interest,,they will love you for it, just make sure you can refinance out of it so they aren't 'holding the bag"

I'm trying to not waste any leads as much as I can and have tried offering lease options as an alternative without any success.So what do you tell them?

And so perhaps when he saw it needed a good amount of work (in his opinion) he probably thought it was better not to waste time on it.

There is a little tact when discussing this issue as you want to make sure before you waste your time in her matter of credit that she really wants your home.

It is such a waste of time!

It may have an almost negligible effect or in some unusual circumstance may have a devastating effect.

You're just going to be wasting a lot of time and money to pursue them if you can't get them financed.