Getting a property with a 3% mortgage that offered both equity appreciation and solid cash flow is what sparked my passion for real estate investing.

I'm not from Alberta, but I will offer you a HUGE HELLO anyways from the great city of Nashvegas!!!!

Do not offer to pay more rent ever to make the deal happen.   

Fairbanks offers a unique market with its own set of considerations.

Of course, if we have another available unit that's similar to the one they were looking at, I'll pivot to that and offer to move their current application over to that unit as long as they would still qualify under whatever the new unit's rent is. 

You have a lot of resources at BP and in this feed. 

.- The management company offers a hands-off approach including coordinating and managing repairs, getting the property rent ready after a move out and placing a tenant from a pool of applicants that may be waiting for a property to be ready.

We tried to explain this to VRBO call center reps, but they can't offer anything other than telling us to lower prices to pre-Jan 6 rates. 

The price was right, REI Nation offered management fee concessions, REI paid down the rate, and the rehad work was spectacular, as usual.

One huge benefit of a private/HML loan is the strength of making an offer when competing with cash buyers.