We purchased this property with the intention of performing some cosmetic rehab and reselling it quickly and that's exactly what happened.

One offer with conventional financing and another higher offer with seller financing.This way he looks at the higher dollar figure and is more appealed to that offer.As suggested - it also helps to provide pros/cons for the seller to do seller financing.He might find it attractive if he is nearing retirement and still looking for an attractive rate of return via the interest rate on the seller financed note.

A payment history of at least one year is much more attractive to investors than zero payment history.

@Jimmy O'ConnorNot an expert, but it seems flipping is more attractive to those with less money and more time.

I pay by ACH as well to avoid having to write checks and mail so they receive their funds quickly and it's efficient. 

Competition for listings have gone down considerably from my experience since September, although well priced homes will still attract a great deal of attention. 

Turnkey companies don't usually do commercial buildings and this isn't a turnkey property.But more to those rents... vacancy and such aside, anytime you are getting rents that low, you can expect to attract low-quality tenants.

So how do you improve your "quick pitch"...the simple answer is you don't.

But using FHA for a year then moving, renting it out, and buying with a VA loan after that would be a way to quickly get two loans with basically no money out of pocket. 

Real quick, can you elaborate a little on one of your points?