Hello, my name is Kamarye Hodges and I am a broker, I wish to gain insight and experience. Hopefully I could even provide some sort of value to this group and most definitely do business with some of you. I like to bu...

Hard money for acquisition and I financed the rehab myself.

A property manager should always account for both income and expenses—you’re the owner, and you have a right to see exactly where your money is going.It almost sounds like he thinks he’s doing you a favor instead of working on your behalf.

With it being that risky, the least I could do is have some money saved up.

Just so you know, Vrbo and Airbnb will not allow you to receive an inquiry through their platforms, and then take the booking off-platform, they want their cut of the money. 

Quote from @Jaikevis Reams: In order to put a property under contract I need to provide proof of funds I know that I can get that from a hard money lender but I don’t meet there criteria for a loan approval what should I do? 

They would be putting in some money and their service as sweat equity, and we would be putting up money and my wife’s services. 

For me I think it depends on how much money you have invested into the home and for how long?  

For lenders, I have access to private money lenders or if you want to go the traditional route, I recommend checking out Coast to Coast - Jeff Weller. 

This decision increased our budget from $15K to $45K, but it turned out to be a wise investment.