Sounds like you have run into some wholesalers who are not leaving enough meat on the bone or who are trying make a deal out of a bad deal.

A way to get "in" with an agent is once you find one of those properties and the homeowner wants to sell, but there is no meat on the bone and they refuse to go down in price.

@Ethan Cooke Encouraging to hear this!

If you are interested to proceed please reach out to me at your convenience.FYI:  Money is from a local real estate fund based in Utah!

We were ready for sheetrock when Walt, @Abhi Golhar's partner informed me that they had pissed of their investors and would essentially need to fire me. At

He furnishes the units with antiques ... one unit even has a piano ... and provides linens and cook/dishware.  

The most hilarious thing, to me at least, is when someone is super scared about a credit inquiry, and then the credit report shows that they financed the purchase of a depreciating asset (car loan typically, which is no different from borrowing money to purchase stock in a company that's about to declare bankruptcy).

its like getting the manager in the restraunt to say the cook screwed up, it may happen but the broker first is probably going to back the agent. 

In great neighborhoods there is usually little meat on the bone over purchase price unless it's the crap hole on the block adding and needs a large overhaul, or you change the layout to put a home in the lower bracket of the neighborhood into an entire new game 

Nathan Cavender I would be interesting if your rehabbing in the will/Dupage/cook county area.