When I'm starting to talk with real estate agents and they ask for more information about me, what should I be providing them?   

@Gp G. only you should answer this question and just listen to our advice with the proverbial grain of salt!

This is the sum of all the personal property (Car and real estate) in the town.  

This is in-line with the wise old real estate adage of “Marry the house, date the rate.”2.

Besides marketing the larger component is the list of questions to ask and how we ask them.  

What is the short answer for someone that is not a real state professional and who is not married to one?

Most “Gurus”, authors, advisors and experienced real estate investors preach obtaining seller “carry back” financing for property buyers in order to (1) obtain financing when they don’t qualify for a 3rd party loan (2) obtain financing when the property doesn’t qualify for financing and or (3) extend the “buying power” of their capital contribution (down payment) to purchase a larger more expensive property by having the seller provide a subordinated mortgage loan.That’s all and good, but why should the seller agree to finance the purchase of his property, instead of getting CASH for his equity?

(total approx 200k)We cannot find anyone to loan us money (ok we tried like 2 places)---I just never thought this would be so difficult because we own a house outright & we are still getting turned down because of 2 late mortgage payments when my husband was injured & out of work for 5 months last year.We both work and made enough money on our first flip to buy the 350k house outright.I am a real estate agent & our area is very rural. 

The real numbers, per the U.S.

Haven't thought of these options much before except this really great podcast episode about real estate investing for assisted living https://link.chtbl.com/Q8HfyKnU Let us know if you decide to do this workshop how it goes and if you found it worthwhile!