I'll just add that you are better off using whatever marketing funds you've budgeted to invite people in your sphere out for coffee, a light lunch or beers/wine after work...or host a happy hour for a dozen or so people.

Thanks for the invite.  

Might even invite you to their next BBQ. 

Don't give up, everyone goes thru this, but most don't stick with it because its too hard or too confusing and then never do a deal..I've seen it dozens of times personally.I would invite you to attend CFRI, the local chapter of the national REIA.

The resi financing invites a lot of competition for bids too whereas bigger units are commercial financing which limits your competition some.

Charles, Kenny here : ) I guess I should invite you personally to my office here in Tampa FL to meet me in person and get ALL the facts for yourself without speculation from others who've never met me or done business with me.

Paying heat in Ohio is an invitation to disaster and I won't buy buildings that have owner-paid gas or electric, unless the utilities can be split and the purchase price is adjusted accordingly.Mike

Are we required to invite everyone to apply that has seen the property?

You can imagine my disgust the time I ever was invited to have dinner at his apartment.

So, it would be your choice, as a well-positioned landlord in a bad neighborhood, if you want to follow best practices and create an atmosphere that put the wheels of neighborhood restoration in motion.