I first look to understand more about their situation and potential motivators/pain points.

I do not know of any such sites; however, my clients, when talking to a potential seller, listened to their pain points and tried to understand and empathize with their core 'why?'

As i said, he isn't wrong, "IF" there was an option to just save up a few hundred thousand and buy that property cash with zero mortgage, yes it is "safe" in the manner that you can screw up and be horrible at finding tenants, managing the property and just overall life as a real estate investor, because there isn't a mortgage payment forcing you to feel the pain of failure monthly.

What a shame it has come to this and what a shame that you would post something like this.My words aren't necessary and everything for all to see is in the images.May God Bless you mate 🙏 Goddam this dude is dramatic in his emails Pains me mate,And this is just one tenth...The relationship evolved more than just a "transaction" per se and one day out of the blue, we get the above review.I was going to stay a sleeping bear but since I was poked on another thread, might as well wake up and get me some honey lol

It's more of the financing (and process) as we've heard 203k can be a pain.

I know it’s a pain, but periodic property checks can help mitigate this kinda thing.  

It was painful.

Plus, the emotional peace of mind from owning a home outright is significant, offering both psychological and financial benefits.

If you give any credence to this type of response, you're in for a long painful real estate investing experience. 

Sprinkler systems are a pain to deal with, in terms of maintenance (inspections etc) and risk of flooding during winter freezes and tenants accidentally triggering them.