Avoiding airports and hotels was the big motivator.

Whether it be FB, Insta, texts, email. 

- Ask agent for seller’s motivation and come up with solutions.- Build rapport with agent.- Double deep with the listing agent (If your jurisdiction allows).- Move fast.- Make 2 type of offers - depending on seller’s motivation.- High Earnest Money Down- If you are experienced enough, remove contingencies - this would require that you close or else you loose earnest money.- Attach a letter of intent with your offer- Keep sourcing for other deals and do not depend solely on this one.

If I haven’t been in touch with him in a two week period he sends me a text to check up on me and see what I’m up to.

As such, without getting to text book, your going-in cap rate might end up being higher than your overall return (IRR). 

Probably because they are receiving a lot of calls, texts, emails, postal mail, marketing campaigns etc from all sorts of people and companies asking them to sell their properties. 

When you find a rundown house and an owner motivated to sell, you'll make large profits fixing up and renting it out.

Therefore, he gave me notice through a text that he wanted to terminate the lease agreement. 

It was on the market for a while so I used the seller's motivation to negotiate a deal and transformed the home into a cash flowing rental.

With my years of experience I know exactly what to do when receiving a call from a motivated seller.