In your contract with your agent, you can say that you are not willing to pay above the offered commission or agree to a minimum and have your agent let you know if a home is not meeting that minimum.

It’s a great way to meet local demand while creating steady cash flow.

Set your boundaries in advance, and if the deal doesn’t meet your criteria, politely bow out.

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If you're not having any luck with mortgage brokers (I'd search out the ones who specialize in investments), then go to your local REI meeting. 

Welcome to BP, this is a great platform to network.

Plus virtually every city of note has a REIA with monthly meetings and other meetups.

this means getting off the Internet and going to meetups, meeting other investors, seeing properties, looking on market and off, and putting offers in. 

People seem more angry with Airbnb and VRBO but ultimately, guests still see more value in them than hotels so the question will be if new entrants (or existing platforms like BDC) will continue to invest in the STR space (e.g.