I want to know the criteria so that I can easily reach their goal

Real estate clubs, easily found on Meetup, are a great way to form these.Since COVID, there are two missing questions that are important in my view.1) Among your first questions should be asking a potential lender where they get their money.

and thats why they should sell at a discount  but you know people are chasing yield these days  so for me I would need to know what the interest rate is to start with.. most commercial performing paper you can easily get 7 to 10% on GOOD notes with no issues.. so not sure why you would step into these if they are owner occ and all the hoops you have to jump through unless you can get 15 to 30% yield via a discount. 

I know my local market like the back of my hand and can easily estimate costs for repairs and what not.

Seller financing allows the seller to get a lump sum now, and still get a stream of income (from your new mortgage), and it spreads out the capital gains, which is a tax WIN. 

Rents were raised to market rent on the rented unit within 6 months of my client owning the property (it wasn't that far under to begin with) and as it turns out one of the tenants was planning to leave within a couple months of close anyway so they were easily able to satisfy their owner occupant requirement.

So if you can use your first deal to get you to your 2nd and 3rd...big win...Otherwise that $32k would just be sitting in the house earning you $150/mo or 5% annual returns...based on this first project, I'd bet you could earn more than 5% with that money by BRRRRing another house... 

Rates are going to be higher but it is possible to get 4.5% pretty easily and you can buy down to 3.5%

Especially in today's market, it will be tough to win with an offer without a proof of funds or preapproval letter.

But keep in mind, the best influencers are the ones that are able to influence others without others even realizing it.Here’s a list of all the people that I influence when it comes to real estate investing:my bankers through keeping enough in reserves and having enough cash flow to lead them to want to give me loans on my properties.The people who work for me by being nice to them, encouraging them, providing a good work environment, paying them, and helping them get their own real estate properties.My business partners by trying to be fair, making sure that they benefit from the partnership, and by helping them reach their goals all while helping me reach mine.My tenants I incentivizing them to take care of all the smaller issues that come up in the home by discounting the rent.Sellers by finding out how much they need to get out of the sale of their home in order to help them solve the problem that they’re in, then we work together to make it a win-win situation.Title companies by sending them previously closed settlement statements explaining how to put the rehab credit on to the settlement statement.Wholesalers and realtors by telling them that I own 200 properties and I am a serious buyer and  that I will buy the property if I am able to buy a property A certain way or at a certain price, and that I will close on the deal as long as it is according to how they presented it.