I would say, keep your options open and assess the deal presents itself!

Persistence, and a sense of humor, pays off.

the content that the speakers present is top of the industry.

The POF letter does not say that student had the funds (though it heavily implies it and the student certainly implies this when presenting offers to would be sellers), rather it says that “funds are available to purchase the property.” 

Why not just ask the seller since they'd already declined a $1M offer instead of having us do more work.From my perspective, if they want to sell, they have a verbal offer they can accept, and if they don't want to present a verbal offer, the seller probably isn't very motivated.What would be the point of sending a formal offer in this scenario?

Trust when I say they are mostly shills and sales presentations.  

Sec 8 has no sense of humor when it comes to 'side deals'. 

@Brandon Craig  I've looked at 100s of syndication presentations. 

MTR Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qCD_XIgmg-2BGGzsDbWq...4.

You can capture the potential tenants vital information and send them a lock box code so you do not have to be present.