However, his mom's offer to co-sign shows commitment to ensuring rent payments.

(Side note I do live in a small town so may have to look in the larger city of Columbus which is an hour away, I've even thought of buying a home and offering it to a full time employee to move to this area but not sure if that would just create more headaches in the long run)

Seeing it as a great potential future home, I decided to make an offer.The offer was accepted, and I purchased the house with the intention of staying at my parents' place while renting out the home until I'm ready to buy a duplex, moving closer to my goal.

  :)  But after a decade of being an investor (and learning the hard way) I can offer some solace. 

I recently sold a townhouse that had 10 offers on it.In terms of pocket listings, technically Realtors are no longer allowed to have them.

and make offers as only a small percent will close. 

If you work with a single lender for the refis, many will offer you discounts for multiples, so even though its not a portfolio per se, you can still save money on some closing costs by doing them all at once.Good luck on it though, would be happy to recommend if it would be helpful.

70k Porfit and our lender made offer 15k!

I made him a good offer, and he is Okay with the price.

But even so, they should still be communicating with you and presenting offers.