Water table is too high maybe.

Off-market multis with 4 or less units are on the table for regular wholesalers in most areas because they can focus on lists like that and not commercial endeavors.

I'm sure savvy investors will cringe at this thought but figured I'd lay all the options on the table for discussion.Thanks,Jeremy G.

I own a home out right, I rented it out under the table to family for the last year.

Because of this condition, my first question, is your assumptive ability to get this owner to leave ~$70,000 of his asking price on the table, considering he has obviously already taken into consideration the parity between the selling price of the house across the street by decrementing that price with your exact amount for repairs and rehab of $40,000. 

Some one that will bring money to the table so you can do the deal with minimal money in, but you'll do the work.

An 18-year-old investor looking to learn, ok, but still what can they bring to the table.

As such, I fell like I need to be able to bring something to the table.

I'm now two months into running a small business near Dallas, I continually see this and can't help but feel like I'm leaving money on the table...I was struggling to find a job mid-covid and decided to try a side hustle of painting house numbers on curbs.

His English seems much better than my German, and I think he's just playing games / gotten cold feet, but if I'm going to salvage the deal, I think I need to take the language barrier, and this "I didn't receive that; don't know what you're talking about" game, off the table.