I look forward to following the replies.I am frustrated but remain hopeful and committed that I can make this happen.Here's hoping 2019 brings big things!

The lender will want to see that you meet your financial commitments and are a solid risks for them by assessing your credit report.  

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But this family is committed to buying it within the next year or 2.

Let's say that in the first year you have $200,000 committed. 

Been itching to get my passive income journey started and am committed to buying a property this year.

I am new to the real estate game and am committed to purchasing 2 properties this year. 

A lot of great info above.It's really a give or take on your time commitment, skill-set & risk exposure (especially for NPN) as well as cost of capital.

Or you could search out a better investment committing the time and resources to find and acquire and probably do a little better. 

The idea here is you have not committed to buying the home like almost all wholesalers do so when they can't sell it they disappear and now the owner is pissed and the next wholesaler to call them, they are no on guard and have heard this all before now.