I had been considering offering a rent-to-own contract with recovery protections if the deal went sour. 

These markets often offer attractive cap rates and stable rental demand.

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You just need to be efficient with your time and build a system so you are submitting enough offers to get through all the rejections and eventually someone will take your offer.

When the contract says the assignee is paying cash, from my experience, it waives any contingencies that come with a financed offer.

I actually increased my original offer by 10k, and PinPoint accepted my offer today.

My issue is that in the opinion of the remediation contractor (who has a financial incentive to recommend as much remediation as possible) all that wouldn't reduce mold levels long term, due to the fact that it's a basement in Portland, and the levels on the report are extremely common in basements in the area where no water intrusion had happened.

I am debating adding an actual rough offer into my letters, as I think sometimes calling or writing and essentially asking if they have considered selling almost always gets a no because the owner assumes you will lowball them, like most other investors. 

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