You will need a good quality lead generation source, a customer relations management (CRM) software, and the ability to competitively market your leads--which means a budget. 

Explain your situation with the property so he can customize an agreement.  

Where we live, they're just too busy and we want them to know that we're serious customers, not just tire kickers.

On these larger complexes we are generally able to work with you on fees and services custom to what you need. 

It doesn't have a free trial anymore and i've heard customer service is hard to get a hold of for refunds.

I have seen thousands of appraisal in my time and done many rebuttals and have won & lost.Bottom line is appraiser hate when a lender or customer tries to tell them how to better job. 

The biggest difference would be in the custom features such as the shower and faucet fixtures, and the front deck/awning we added.

Instead, focus on how EASY it is for them to sell to you - rather than the traditional route of fixing things up and paying a realtor.You can customize the letter based on owner occupied or absentee.

But what concerns me is that your rehab budget was very low to begin with, 120 year old houses are not easy to work on, everything is custom and built on site.

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