I will post his response sometime Wednesday afternoon when I hear back from him.Jim Kennedy, CPA

OR  - You can spend a few hours on a Sunday afternoon and send letters/offers to the specific sellers in the area you are targeting.

Good afternoon BP family,I am analyzing deals for my first multi family purchase on the south side of Chicago.

i say offer whatever you want, thats just your realtor being lazy and not wanting to submit the offer.. but the biggest problem is that he is not an investor agent and not really understanding what you are trying to do which can be bad at the end...

It takes time for them to get lazy though.It's capitalism, pay them no more than it would cost for you to replace their contribution while still maintaining enough profit for yourself to justify the deal.      

So while it may appear they are lazy and can't get you the information, in their eyes you may look like a difficult client to them.

Good afternoon, @Anthony To.  

Good afternoon everyone,I've been licensed for about a year and a half but I'm still very curious as to what strategies investor/agents use to look for potential properties on the MLS.

Unfortunately some agents are lazy and want their clients to do all the looking for them.

That reminds me, I spend Sunday afternoon creating my budgets for the rest of 2017 and 2018 and  should probably use those budgets as the basis for another post where I dive a little deeper in the numbers.