@Darren Eady I'm looking for a PM lender that offers longer terms than traditional hard money financing.

2) at what point does inventory traditionally pick back up?

2) at what point does inventory traditionally pick back up?

One other final option is to have a short-term non traditional lender step in and carry the note on behalf of the seller such that the 400,000 is funded at the closing and that would allow the  Games in recapture tax, if applicable, to be saved.

Most traditional agents don't want to submit low-ball offers or put in a bunch of them because it is time consuming to them and they don't always understand your end-goal, so I'd recommend you find an agent that is investor-friendly.

Would non-English speakers still go to a Craigslist or Padmapper or is there a Spanish, Chinese, etc.. version of Craigslist that they would go to instead?

Here are some of the pros and cons:Pros:Gap in the market that can be filled.High likelihood of repeat business from high volume buyers.Because many investors lean heavily on their agents to do legwork, you have a fair bit of control over your sales volume/performance.Your customers tend to be savvy.If you do well, referrals will fly in and you will have a full book of business.Cons:Requires several unique skillsets which are not required in traditional real estate.  

After a lot of time and energy I found that this is what I'd like to do with my life so that I can eventually ditch the traditional working world and have more time to do things that I would like to do. 

He does do the normal Fannie/Freddie loans...but he also does all kinds of non traditional lending, and commercial stuff as well I believe.  

Better used for liquidity for rehabbing, or making cash offers and then refinancing with traditional loans.