One year means nothing, it has to be sustained.  

My wife and I have made several offers on multifamily houses recently but keep being beaten out by (lower) cash offers.

"Challenging rule" meaning to say that It's important to be aware of the rules around property ownership, as the original owner may still have a chance to reclaim the property within a specific timeframe.

Also since there are 30-40 homes only, it's easy to create mean or average statistics. 

If this isn't interesting enough, posit your own variables but try and keep them realistic.

I opted to keep paying TI out of escrow for now.

We actually keep marketing your property and accepting back up applicants until yourproperty is actually occupied.

I have been networking and there are no clubs or meetups anywhere near me, and I keep getting great deals but cant find a sponsor.

In the mean time, I'm unsure how to go about asking them to pay the 2 months of lost rent.

I'll definitely keep that in mind thank you.