Young aspiring agents.... immerse yourself with like-minded people, learn from each other, and TAKE ACTION!

One was conventional financing and the other was a portfolio loan from a local bank here in Hawaii, I also did a lot of research into DSCR loans during my search.I'm also an agent here on Oahu but focus mainly on Property Management, at the brokerage we manage roughly 50 units that are a mix of STR, MTR, and LTR's. 

I do hope you and others are made whole somehow though. 

There are best practices on certain items that provides a guidelines.Commissions are always negotiable like any other services, you can shop around for the best value for money.All depends on the risks that you are willing to take.

I do like the built in leasing that apartments offers over the OG Cozy site, but I don't really want to pigeon hole myself into the apartments.com brand (or Zillow, or any other of the type) so I'm starting to use rent redi.

You can use your platform as landlord to advertise the service, but other than that it's not related.

But since I'm in the learning/saving phase I'm thinking ahead on other ways to accelerate funds fast to make deals quicker.

Other?   

I’m curious: are others who house hack buying homes they can just barely afford, or are you sticking closer to the ~30% housing rule and using house hacking income as an added bonus?

-Here are some ideas I got from Tony & Ashley about providing value to other investors:(Shoutout to the Real Estate Rookie Podcast!)