One strong influence in my life that I've had to brush aside is my brother.

You best strategy, IMHO, is to do your best to figure who is likely to be the 'alpha' child, often the oldest with the most influence of the others, and get them on board with your plan.

A simple Google search will provide proof that none of the tenant screening services have gone out of business, so clearly landlords can and still use those services, which includes obtaining credit reports (3rd party) to influence their rental decisions.

So just to be clear...I'm pretty much at the mercy of the seller at this point, and the only way to really get the bank to have any influence would be if/when it ultimately went to foreclosure?

They may be able to influence the fiduciary to sell to you or upon certain terms.

That will boost his score drastically.

This strategy can be a fast-track boost for anyone looking to begin building a real estate portfolio.

It’s an 80-year old couple if that influences anyone’s answer... thanks for any help in the matter.

This period of “infinite returns” really boosts the IRR on these deals, especially if you re-deploy that same capital in a second deal while you are still in the first deal.Once you have done your due diligence to find the right operators to invest with, this style of investing becomes truly passive.

We need volume under 350k and it is physically impossible for a builder to do.A lot of factors influence the market, like you have pointed out @William Allen - interest rates, goverment policy, money supply, stimulus, forbearance etc - but in the end it comes down to supply and demand.