I'm not sure if that would be too aggressive (revealing that I'm a motivated buyer) but it's worth a shot if I want to move forward and not waste time...

If your motivation is tax breaks, you need to fully understand the tax breaks available to you per entity prior to discussing with a lawyer.

The seller may be motivated enough to have the work taken care of and you'll never have to deal with it.

If you're not familiar with the term, bird dogging is finding a motivated seller of a property, and passing it on to a buyer to close a deal without being further involved.

If your ulterior motive is to really just assign or sell then this may not be the right seller.The 30 day DD and then close day 31 is one of the things the STate of OHIO really has heart burn about in the unlicensed activity that they are going after IE going after wholesalers that really have no intention to close themselves.use the Kiss program.. keep it simple stupid...

He's not in hurry, thus not motivated, so I threw out the option of seller financing & his ears perked up.

Your podcasts help keep me motivated. 

A lot of people like to feel that 'hunger' to keep themselves motivated...my experience is that it's tough to separate that feeling from desperation.

What is the motivation of the seller?

This also means understanding thier motivations beyond the days they are looking at properties, thie ability to understand the deal and thier ability as well as desire to follow instructions.