Understanding how motivated seller leads are generated and filtered is a huge part of successful flipping and BRRRR.I work closely with investors by helping them generate and manage off-market seller leads, and I’ve seen beginners gain a lot of real-world exposure by assisting with lead intake, initial screening, and deal analysis before anything is under contract.

While buying someone else's position at a potential discount is great, I would rank this endeavor as a magnitude of difference harder than making an initial investment.  

Do you have a system for nurturing those initial inquiries that don't convert right away?

Initial listing was at $305k, dropped today to $289K AND a $2K agent bonus.

The main reason is that it is not initially set up for a Real Estate business like other “real estate-specific” accounting software.

So, they looked at their commercial providers, and I received an initial quote for $9,000 per year, which is about twice as much as I was expecting. 

My Concern This feels like a developing behavioral pattern: Failure to meet initial financial obligation (security deposit)Repeated late rentNon-payment of late feesVerbal assurances without performance From a risk management standpoint, this seems like: Cash flow instabilityHigh likelihood of future delinquencyPotential prolonged eviction exposure if allowed to continue Options I’m Considering Serve a final Notice to Cure / Demand for Payment requiring:Full security depositAll unpaid rentAll late fees…with a strict deadline before filing dispossessory. 

I tried initially incentivizing her leasing team so that it could fill up with long term tenants.

I did my background research and found out that I could possibly find a lender that would fund the deal as a DSCR loan as the ratio was very good at 1.25 and I had the funds for 25% deposit.However, I haven't been able to close with the initial lender that pre-approved me as a new investor because one of the units in the 5-unit was a Studio and the size was under 400sqft (as against their internal requirements).I have been under contract for the past 3 months and only have 28 days left to close, if not I'll lose my Earnest Deposit and all the time and efforts I've put into making this deal work and currently not able to find a lender that can fund this deal as they keep informing me that I have NO Experience as an Investor - as my first property is still under 1 Year.Please...I'm asking all knowledgeable investors and direct lenders here to come to my aid at this point as I don't want to lose the property nor the money I've spent so far in this deal.

And at no fault of their own – cashflow is what they were SOLD on.Here's what I want you to understand about “buy and hold” residential real estate:Let’s use a single family home with a property value of $300,000Let’s use an initial loan amount of $240,000Let’s use an interest rate of 7.25%And I’m going to give you $150 of cash flow per monthUse a 5% appreciation amount for your propertyLet’s see what happens after 5 years:After 5 years…$150 of cash flow per month = $9,000Your mortgage has been paid down to $227,000 = $13,000Your property is now worth $382,000 = $82,000So that’s $9,000 of cash flow, $13,000 of principle buy down, and $82,000 of appreciation.