It was a little uncomfortable, and some people actually decided not to pursue the rental because of it! 

More directly the "I'm going to buy your house" routine, when the wholesaler barely has the earnest money of $200, and is going to string the owner out as long as they can while looking to flip the contract....then walking away at the end when they can't flip it, leaving an owner who thought their home was really sold and have been making plans to move on.  

Being from the Bay Area when I came to OREGON I got deals accepted simply because I did not know any better and would routinely put up 10 to 20k in EM...

The best part is, many callers are in dire straits or at the very least, in a financially uncomfortable situation, but they still want to hit the jackpot.

The main issue seemed to be that she was uncomfortable with the spread.

He did the whole I was poor and family hard times bit and now I am rich because of FB routine.

If it not easy you should consider a career change.Lastly stop your daily routines. have lunch at different places, get gas at different gas stations, different stores, different everything.

It is a little harder just to start asking people about who they know who might need to sell a house however if youre in line a subway opening a conversation with the phrase "Nice Purse" will drop the guard of most women and Can you believe this or that about sports and news for guys.ALL WAYS have business cards on your person and 2 set of purchase agreements in your car.Start mixing up your routine by visiting different restaurants and stores for those things you buy regularly.

New guy has kept up the “return to sender” routine but... apparently the rent was late cuz we got a shop-a-holic.

I routinely pay a bit upfront (the morning the job starts) for the painting crew I use all the time, but would never pay more than a few hours in advance and would never do it for a crew that I hadn't worked with before.Find another painter...