Hi,I come from a finance background and currently work as a software developer.

If you have deals I would recommend sending them out on a professional looking flyer through mailchimp or another mailing software.

With integrated accounting software, you can easily check tenant ledgers and run reporting for business analytics. 

You are either trying to buy equity or cash flow at a discount.

Price is still high, but a significant discount. 

Your rate may vary based on your own scenario as well has how much you opt to pay in discount fees. 

What kind of discounts I can expect (and ask!)

Before you've owned it long enough to appear on tax returns, an investor friendly lender will just do [ rent * 75% - PITI ].Once it appears on tax returns, if you need/want to exclude the one-time rehab expenses, put it on line 19 of schedule e with the comment "see statement X," and then statement X in extreme detail lists all the repair and rehab work you did, and furthermore you can provide me with every single receipt/invoice, exactly matching the line 19 number, exactly down to the penny (so, it's best just to make each invoice/receipt be a line-item on statement X... if Contractor John gives you 5 invoices throughout the project, show me 5 line-items).Only one-time repairs/rehab can be discounted from the mortgage DTI math.

It is a personal home that you and your family will probably derive a lot of pleasure from.Also, you may want to do some digging as to why they are offering discounts, upgrades, closing costs, and a TV.  

The initial LE is often just the lender's software-generated estimates, not actual fees from the actual settlement service provider(s).TLDR: Boxes A, B, and lender credit in box J, are the only things lenders have any say in.