Haven't been able to get financing because we can't put skin in the game, so we gotta get creative.Our plan is to talk to the seller about doing seller financing, with the seller paid their interest (and the principal, of course) when the property sells post rehab.....so that would take care of the seller.  

If they are, the have some skin in the game to make this project a priority.

Be sure you have a good rental agreement and enforce it.

To me, that is the difference between a "wholesaler" and a scam artist playing games with peoples lives and their home.

@Lynn M.I will agree that a tenant with good credit is better and playing the waiting game is a better strategy for many property owners, especially for properties in high demand.For those who own property in less desirable areas where the applicant pool is smaller or in situations where paying the mortgage without collecting rent would put the owner in a bad financial position, I think simply checking for judgments and criminal records is good enough.Of course I'm willing to accept a higher degree of risk than most property owners because my costs are lower due to the fact that I process my own evictions and many times do the clean-outs/repairs myself.I've learned that it is good idea to at least check for non-existence of rental judgments because that is a sign that either they will leave the property when asked or that they've never rented a property before in their own name because they are young.

In order for both side to have “skin” in the game I have either a $50 a month pet rent OR one months security deposit.

It's truly a numbers game.

However, you can do the work now and get yourself set up for when you do have the cash and graduate college you'll be way ahead of the game.

Hard to believe as almost all banks employ field service companies to verify and enforce that the property is secure until closing.

These are merely suggestions , since i having started working it per say. re: the hang ups unless you want to call and directly say something like " I see i've missed your call do you have a house to sell" i would simply send another letter and maybe an experienced wholesaler can chime in here but I don't think you should send the same letter.As for the problem of not closing i guess you can chalk it up to learn curve. it's a numbers game (or so i'm told) so keep trucking