Either way, if you offer a good product at market rate you should be successful.

If it is a duplex and silent on the issue and you offered it to this tenant gratis your state law may say something about it.

If you don't need to sell, don't get hooked by a terrible offer like this. 

I have thrown multiple offers at a seller that only wants to sell his properties via seller finance.

I have preapproval ready and am ready to make an offer when deals show up.Regarding the REI experience, I have a townhouse in CA and have been managing it remotely for 5 years.

but the buck stops with you.or if you have a friend or relative who is handy or has a contracting background, bring them, go see it, and try to come up with your own rough estimate of the repairs needed before you make an offer.

Since last year, I was pre-qualified but lost out on offers for two homes, each with over 20 offers.

How do you get them to accept seller-financed offers?

I have analyzed over 260 properties and have made 64 offers to date since I started but not getting anything excepted, except one offer which fell through anyways.

This will, indeed, restore confidence in the market, offering more purchasing power.