The big issue is people just buy a 3bed2bath and put okay furniture in it and expect to cash flow $5000/month.

About Westchester, NY:- One of the most expensive places in the US, maybe the world- Supply is VERY low- Houses are no less than like $600k-$700k, I'm also getting outbid a lot.- Now Foreclosures may be a good discount but at the same time I already know that there is aLOT more risk to this.I already have a real estate agent, a mortgage broker, and am getting connections to contractors and so forth.My few Questions are:- Do I need a real estate agent in this process for foreclosures?

You mention Amazon, look at how they play suppliers off each other and even create their own supply chain.  

The money that you end up owing to repay the loan over the 5 year term is now post income tax money unlike how you traditionally are supplying your 401k with pre-tax money.  

Is the option government supplied insurance where taxes supplement the insurance?  

I keep hearing that costs of labor and supplies are rising (when aren't they?)

The smell has not dissipated, pointing toward a bigger problem than one shampooing can fix, and because the living room carpet was still full of indents from the previous furniture it is unlikely that the carpets were properly shampooed.

You can hire someone on Fiverr website and they'll add furniture and personal items to a blank photo for a very reasonable price.

Supply and Demand11.

The seller can supply everything they used to market, pictures, ad copy, etc., but they cannot sell their AirBnB account to another person.