You finally have a tired landlord on the phone. He picked up. He is listening. Comment your opening line, word for word. Exactly what would come out of your mouth. I will pick a bunch of them and show you what I would keep and what I would cut. No wrong answers, but there are expensive ones.

One word answers. Money, sellers, fear, or paperwork. Comment which one is holding you and one sentence of your situation. I will answer every single comment with what I would do in your spot. No wrong answers. 25 of my 43 buildings took nothing down toward the price, and I still remember which of those four words had me stuck at the start.