The key component for you to is to understand WHY you want the initial terms, do you have any business reason for those numbers?

Sustainable homes consistently hold their value far better than homes of equal initial cost.

Nowadays if my heart feels charitable I donate to charity or volunteer my time to a cause instead. 

I got the opportunity to join one of those groups when it was still small and it initially originated here on BP.

How many times have we all seen the same excuse -- "I'm not running a charity" as code for behaving cruelly?

I initially was going to keep it as a rental property, but the market called for me to flip it.

If the inspection turns out to require major repairs outside your initial assessment, I agree cancel the contract or re-negotiate.  

Regardless, I highly recommend episode 371Yeah I'm currently looking into wholesaling some properties near me to just build that initial capital (sorry should've included that in with the initial post) but I was just thinking for the future.  

But as far as building rapport and asking how to help them, how do you go about doing this in a quick initial introduction? 

This initially started with a goal to go after commercial properties, most specifically five or more housing rental units.