There are plenty of families in tight situations, offering flexible lease/closing terms would play to your advantage.  

Otherwise, you can come on here and plenty of people can connect you

However, I know plenty of old school investors that never lever past 65% LTV, and even some that only buy in cash. 

I guess if we really wanted to be aggressive, we could tell them we plan to cancel the lease after the first month, but that seems like it could invite antagonism--and in the meanwhile, they are responsible for taking care of a pretty expensive asset.

There is still plenty of opportunity so keep studying and you'll do fine! 

You're just inviting trouble

There is plenty of inventory within Knoxville coming available for house hacking b/c many Baby Boomers are downsizing, moving to sunny locations, moving to be near grandkids, etc., etc. and leaving behind their homes that haven't been updated since Nixon was POTUS. 

This was a situation where neither my son or his wife's credit were good enough to obtain a mortgage, but they had plenty of savings and income. 

The rest of our portfolio cash flows plenty to cover the cost of the 3/2 we would be looking at moving into. 

Theres a ton of money in this country, that's something plenty don't see, our economy is the best in the world.