You can put down as little as 20% and they focus a lot more on the income of the property and the relationship with the principle. 

1) Hire a good agent with solid relationships in the market place2) waive contingencies 3) Use an escalation clause and escalate in strong increments4) Find out if anything besides price is important to the sellers

You cut out the middle man and build relationships with folks who likely have more time than the general contractor.  

You can then, after you have a relationship, ask for CoStar reports to see rental comps and sales comps.

I think you might be jeopardizing important relationships needlessly.

That's an agent who is going out to the properties themself and likely has relationships with many other folks you need on your team.Hope this helps a bit - please, feel free to reach out anytime if you have other questions or just want to chat!

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This opportunity came to us off market through a trusted broker relationship.

In Montana I have found value in building relationships and sharing success/fails with folks and learning from others success/fails.

An example of this is sales and interpersonal relationships.