Sometimes we get crappy clients that tell us lies or try to hide stuff and blame everything on you.

I've also had under contract deals derailed because of weird things like tenants with free roaming birds tenants were hiding, and most commonly people flat out hide numbers or lie about rental income and annual expenses.

From answering the friggin phone live and not hiding behind text messaging etc etc.  

They ARE hiding something, and will disappear back across the borderWhoosh, glad I got that off my chest.

Because they see transactions every day, they can usually point you toward the wholesalers who consistently deliver workable numbers and away from the ones who over inflate ARVs or hide important details.Here are a few things that work well in competitive markets like Staten Island.How to locate active wholesalersStart by showing up in the same spaces they operate in.

In the secondary discount markets of those cities, there are gems hiding. 

It really helps connect the dots on how creative financing can make deals possible when you don’t have a ton of capital upfront.I especially like your point about doing things through escrow and not trying to hide the transaction — that kind of transparency seems like it saves a lot of headaches later.Since I’m still learning, I’m curious — how do you typically find these pre-foreclosure opportunities or start those conversations with sellers who are open to creative terms?

Hiding it and letting guests be surprised will spell disaster.- Prepare to issue a refund if guests complain. 

Thanks  The main thing I look at aside from a reasonable wear layer and pattern & texture (hides scratches) is the quality of the locking system.

They're emails don't really suffice (watered down info) as they hide accountability and only seem to be prefer an aggressive approach (from scaling their operations too quickly to form an OpCo during the trough of the economic cycle) to now going after their lenders.