Hi all, I'm looking to buy an investment property in WA and wanted to get your thoughts regarding buyer agent's commission approach that I'm contemplating.

@Heather Watkins I prefer to see the posts where the investor is merely contemplating taking the steps you've taken rather than instances where they have already spent unnecessary time and expense on entity formation because we as a BP community can at try to steer the investor in the right direction.

The banking industry and mortgage industry put on a full frontal lobbying assault with the result that the Garn - St Germain Act was GUTTED.  

There are height bonuses but not likely applicable for the parcel you are contemplating. 

Because of the money involved with lost rents, we are now contemplating legal action along with our homeowner client. 

They contemplate what taking off would be like.

Im now contemplating REIBLACKBOOK or Zoho Bigin

Sometimes you might want to go extra on something like the master bath or contemplate other exit strategies.

I'm contemplating if it would be better off in the future to have all long term units or if there's no cost difference for types of rentals. 

@Hai Loci'm contemplating something similar; i can get 80% LTV. i bring in a cash partner for the downpayment on an investment property we turn into a vacation rental.let's say the pp is 100k.1. partner puts in 20k (and has this as lien on mortgage)2. i manage the vacation rental over the summer.3. we split cash flow (with property management fee considered).4. then we split equity  .is this essentially what you're outlining above?