Some sellers will want to see a credit report, but in most cases it's a matter of them simply trusting that you know what you are doing and that you will be able to continue to make money with the property like they have. 

I'd like to attempt the same thing here in LA.

There are some people that will attempt to sell you a SFR in a terrible neighborhood that is basically falling down.

I simply am still seeing too much fear and not enough confidence to believe that people are taking the kinds of extreme risks they were in 2007-2008 to cause a major crash.

The good news is, you can specify in your contract that if you buy something, and the agent does get a commission paid by the seller, that whatever you have paid to them, up to the amount of the commission, gets returned to you and the agent simply gets the normal commission.  

If at any time during attorney review you change your mind you can simply walk away.

This gives a better idea of why I am offering or attempting to offer a certain amount. 

@Mark Beno @Khalid Kelly Im a rehabber in the Cobb / Galleria area and I definitely need a few credible and knowledgable wholesalers on my team simply for efficiency.

My dollar simply goes further in other places.

Thanks, @Roger Poulin; yeah, like I said, if i knew then what i knew now, right, i'd have stayed with the deal a while longer. to answer your question about attempting to fill the anchor spot, we did.