We keep tabs on the latter list and, if they sit vacant too long, we will enquire if they may be interested in selling.You do not need a script and, you are less likely to offend another investor than Dick & Jane Homeowner.  

We usually get quite a few enquirers pretty quick.

Also, I suggest if you are getting frequent charges, to enquire whether or not the tenant is being charged for things that are broken due to their negligence. 

Enquiring minds want to know.

It wouldn't hurt to enquire about the property to know how motivated the owner would be to sell. 

The first thing we tell any enquirer is 'we are already working with others and happy to add you to the pool'.

" The Entire US Industrial Complex at Risk of Shutdown Amid Self-Inflicted Energy Crisis" sounds like something that I might see in the National Enquirer.

The enquirer should just use hard money at 50% the deals all still cash flow but he did ask......The thing about the US is houses are so cheap you pay the loan off in 5 to 7 years anyway so interest rate is irrelevant.We have table mortgage sin New Zealand that take 25 years to pay off and can be 6 to 8% interest.You end up paying a milion dollars on a 350K note :-(Gotta love America, build a freehold portfolio in under a decade.

I will definitely enquire prior to buying. 

The husband picks up the phone and immediately goes into a long story of how his wife was abducted by aliens and the National Enquirer was on their way over for a paid interview.