The amount of time and money it takes to actually get to trial is reserved for insurance companies and bigger players the average tenant simply does not have the wherewithal to take a case to trial.. 

One you find out who the bigger players are just become friends with them.

The market doesn't have time for pretenders because to many real players are in the marketplace.Show me you have the cash directly and show me you are willing to put it on the line to get the deal.

Sales don't have to be "high pressure" generally the high pressure guys are the  mediocre C players...at best.

They are happy for more passive investments.Engineers, Doctors, business owners, professional sports players, etc. are just a few of my clients.I personally have zero interest in house flipping or residential.

Like all things in this bizz there are the good the bad and the ugly players out there.And with Sellers dealing direct without representation IE a broker or Attorney they can easily be led astray by a very good salesmen..

In the end, that's exactly what happened...in the big money game there are players with a very low cost of capital and a high level of access to capital that can execute quickly and with much higher valuation than you or I would ever consider--and the banks know that.If you intend to carve this thing up you are at an even greater disadvantage because you could even be the high bidder and lose to one of these big-money groups who is taking the whole tape with a 10 day all-cash close.These deals are so attractive because everyone wants to find that one deal that you can retire off of, but it's a mirage.  

LOL, yeah, these guys are real players in the local real estate scene.  

I, too, am a property investor here in the area, and I’m always looking for other “serious players” with whom to network, exchange ideas and resources, and ultimately, with whom to create a long-term, mutually beneficial relationship.Specifically, I am seeking private money lenders who are looking for better returns than they are getting in their savings accounts, CDs, money market, or from their retirement fund.

In the game Monopoly, more serious players mortgage any properties they don't plan to build houses on.