These marketers would have the novice investor believe that the narrow focused “education” they provide combined with the “holy grail” formula (wholesaling, subject to, flipping, lease option, discounted note purchase, etc.) is most, if not all, anyone needs to become “independent” and successful, usually by month 12.

All in all, this is exactly why you connect and establish a business relationship with an experienced investor-focused real estate agent who will shoot you straight. 

Do you get any volume discounts or better service due to the volume of your business from the current providers, that might be something to consider. not sure if that is even a thing for lawyers though.

When looking at discounting properties to find a deal, I tend to lean into what the seller is looking for when I know I'm holding. 

Is that because you are going to be putting down 25% or you think you are buying at a 25% discount. 

That is a 5.8% discount on the price.

Is it a straight 1.5% on the monthly rent after 5 days ($23.25)? 

Airbnb types are seeking cheap and deeply discounted.

You can also assess a dollar amount that you value the cost of these requests to be, and ask for these as a discount from the purchase price or a concession to you for closing costs. 

We don't pay vendors by credit card or cashapp because it is far too hard to keep the accounting straight with a high volume of transactions to do that.