you are correct!

For an off-market deal, the broker doesn’t necessarily have a fiduciary duty to me if I’m the buyer, correct?

If you are correct, I think it's far more than just the multifamily market that will be in trouble.

Verifying rental history often takes a long time tocomplete due to applicants not giving us correct landlord contact information, landlords not returning our callsor refusing to give us any details.We also deal with applicants trying to have family or friends pose as theirlandlords.

You are correct, the only way to use hard money is to have them cover the purchase and the rehab.

Sometimes the contractor will come in and tell you a low bid, but then once they open things up tell you you need to spend more to get it corrected because that was not in the bid.

You're correct on that.

While I’ve gained more experience in real estate over the past couple of years, I still want to ensure I’m handling this situation correctly.

John, not sure if you are familiar with the current STR situation in Huntsville, but the city has shut down STRs that are not zoned correctly and also not permitted. 

But either way, three days or 10, you are correct.