Maybe you can convince the listing agent to take a smaller cut but that's about it.The play is to market directly to owners of off-market properties and get them to call you.

I was upset to say the least. 

And all you can say is "aaaah, prove it, PROVE IT, no, don't just prove it, RUB MY FACE IN IT, no, don't just rub my face in it, ram it up my nostrils!" 

I suggest calling them up to vet them.

You’re not alone in feeling like California is out of reach; a lot of investors here face the same challenge.

As I understand FL was overbuilt a few years ago and underwriting was aggressive, now we are facing the reality.

lets have more chatgpt talking to chatgpt. 

In contrast, a number of landlords here in Indianapolis were facing foreclosure because IMH, our local Section 8 authority, hadn't paid rent in many months.FWIW, the Trump administration recently floated the idea of a 2-year cap on Section 8 vouchers.

Legal intimidation - In mid-2024, after several months of limited communication, unanswered questions & confusion, I initiated this discussion on Bigger Pockets to connect with other investors facing similar issues and to gather insights on how they were handling the lack of communication from Blake Capital.

If your credit is decent, you may not need to go FHA.