I've noticed in my area that houses that have been converted into 2 units tend to sit on the market for much longer and sell for much less than traditional single family houses with similar sqft and finishes.

Probably same as the other guys.I of course agree that nobody faxes today (at least not in the traditional sense).

Found it utilizing a realtor the traditional way.

I am trying to understand if it makes more sense to take out a HELOC to buy the 2nd property in cash or just use that for the down payment and take out a traditional mortgage.

I registered our rentals with them and didn't get a hit although I have been getting inquires from other insurance companies via traditional listing sites.I'm happy to inform all of you that  after I posted  here that we are fully booked again and received multiple inquiries when I listed one unit at a lower rate until demand picks back up.Thank you all for your insights, they were very helpful.It was just the strangest thing, after bring fully booked with multiple properties since 2016 I guess there is just more competition and less demand so we really need to stand out.

At closing there is no difference from a traditional sale/purchase.

An example of this is you have a very traditional dining table set paired with very contemporary bar stools.

While private lending can sometimes offer more flexibility, traditional bank financing often comes with better terms and rates for commercial real estate (CRE).

Well, for $1000 I only take home additional $12.5 (half of the mostly usual 2.5% comp for my market for the sake of argument with a traditional broker).Clients think somehow each agent is making %5-6%, in their pocket, for each transaction. 

They have near 1 million sqft of manufacturing space between all the facilities now across the US and Canada.The interesting thing with going modular in the multifamily housing sector is that in most cases, we are able to come below in cost over traditional construction and that completion time is much much faster which increases the investors/developers ROI which is huge.