I would look for an experienced agent of my own who understands what is standard for your market.

Have you started thinking about your strategy or exploring potential markets?

Hey Andrew,  NYC real estate is such a fascinating (and sometimes crazy) market, and I'd love to help you dive into it.

Which was surprising because when I bought it, it was on the market for over 4 months.

For example, should we focus on acquiring one high-quality property in a strong market, or would it make more sense to spread the investment across multiple lower-cost units in emerging areas?

Paid platforms often offer additional features like market analytics, off-market property leads, and filters for investor-specific criteria, giving them a leg up over free options.Exactly, most platforms have to offset cost somewhere because of how expensive it is to keep the data up to date.

I know many investors go out of state for buy and hold properties to generate passive income, but is Blythe a lucrative market?

Look at their marketing strategy.

So if this $330k puts them close to the limit, and the market makes a downturn, there will be a margin call.

Seems like you're just a marketer working on a contract basis (not that I'm defending the program or even saying it's legitimate).