Tell them what your standards are up front so they don't waste your time.

Use this trick as last resort so it doesn't loose it's effectiveness.

It will also depend on what state you are in as to whether it will be cost effective or not. 

Their paycheck is on the line, and if your financing falls through, they just wasted 4 months of time not advertising to buyers that can potentially close. 

@Anna Buffkin could you elaborate on some of the long term effects of no money down deals?

Hello and that is a good/time effective question Abby! 

@Drew Eldridge Hospitalist here.Bought my first rental investments during residency.After wasting my intern year renting, I lit a fire under my own @ss and bought a property in my second year to become a homeowner, then became a self-managing landlord upon buying my second home during my third year of residency. 

How have others effectively dealt with these types of HOA situations?

I skipped calling a broker and wasting there time and decided to call owner.

If FoxConn happens it is so big, it does not matter where you are, ripple and displacement effects will raise the tide for all boats in the greater Milwaukee metro area.