If it takes days for them to call you back then forget ever working with them.If they call back quickly then tell them you are an investor. 

The current Owner probably has no legal status to make a verbal promise to the tenants without your knowledge of it beforehand. 

Thank you for your quick reply.  

There are always deals to be had, but as the market gets hotter & hotter, you have to be extremely picky, and usually its the sophisticated investors who can still execute on the decent deals because they have the contacts, the track record, understand the risks, can pay cash & can close quickly.

It would be akin to thinking you should make triple payments on a rental property and losing money every month just because you want to pay it off quickly.

By the time an agent is involved it's usually too late because it's already been promised to go on the MLS.

I'm trying to finish the SoW as quickly as possible, but I would like a GC lined up before I close mid-July.Can anyone recommend me to investor-friendly (i.e. not retail) contractors?  

Continuing on your path and buying a multi-family unit every six months to a year would get you scaled up pretty quickly in five years.

Mr.Neith yes to both.fix and flips for quick cash and buy and hold to build up a solid portfolio.

I am not looking to borrow from friends, take money out of my own savings account or borrow from a company that is going to make a quick $40K + and not have any money up front.