There is a stipulation to the on-going and casual communication with the Buyer.

Upon re-reading and reviewing these threads, what stands out are two points: 1) If you want to do seller financed deals, target your marketing to the best candidates to be open to this type sale. 2) Research, study and practice the language necessary to communicate the deal(s) you want to do in terms that your target audience will understand and respond positively to.

Another tenant been there 18 years, 15 years, 10 years, Maria has been there 2 years, but before that she was in unit 1, she got married and divorced and came back after 2 years.They all speak Spanish, but Maria is the only one who speaks English, so communication is a problem.They have no lease, but are all long term tenants and they stay because of the low rent and because they all know each other.So who mows the yard, oh Orlando does...who is Orlando?

(lol...BIG smile)I'd also like to have control over the information in terms of what gets put on the MLS, what information gets communicated to me during negotiations etc.

So if you don't have a specific property under contract, one or two conversations might be the upper end of the number of times they are willing to discuss it, without there being an actual possible deal on the table.You may find that once you have an actual contract, the same lender who was willing to do what you wanted but stopped communicating, will once again reply to your emails.

It will be a low down payment and they can work with non-traditional credit history such as a cell phone payment, or other bills you've paid consistently over the last 12 months and can document.

I've been based in Miami since August but will be heading home for Christmas before returning for another extended stay most likely in April.I've been developing a modest 'buy and hold' portfolio of property back home since 2006 which currently consists of 6 tenanted residential properties in and around my home town.

I jump around to surrounding cities until I finally start seeing on the MLS that there is an area with consistent properties within my price range (under 30k for investment properties).2) Here's where its less creative and more strategic: I check the online crime reports for that area.

I think the key thing with a wholesaler or flipper is the communication that they have with  each other so that the wholesaler is not missing  the mark blasting out a bunch of props hoping someone bites.

-Hang license with smaller brokerage in my area (Already chosen)-Raise PM for rehabs ($500K)-Rehab 3 houses (net $75K from total profits)-Find 5 others in my area who are consistently rehabbing SFHs to expand my personal network-Systematize my Rehab business-Keep any and all panic attacks to a minimum :)