Since I'm taking such a cash hit, I asked the sellers agent if they would be able to designate some portion of the sale price ($200k?)

Balloons are not allowed to owner occupants, but you can raise the interest rate at 5 years.You should be able to at least get out clean in Austin.

Recommendation on how to find a honest,  agent in the Cleveland,Ohio area. 

First, in my opinion, being a real estate agent, you're either in it full-time or don't do it at all.

If you are considering buying using Subject To - Subto, it's important to know what your exit strategy is.Talk to a mortgage broker (not a bank) and ask if that is a property you will be able to get financing on in the event you have to refinance quickly, because the Due On Sale clause was called.AndTalk to a real estate agent about how much you would have to bring to closing in the event you had to sell quickly.

Because Airbnb only makes money when the guest books on Airbnb.Hence, they want the price to be cheapest on their platform, so people book on Airbnb instead of elsewhere, and want their properties to be able to compete with hotel prices (even after cleaning fee and service fees). 

There thinking some clean-up-fairy comes swooping in with a broom, washes the ashes away and then Bob The Builder n all his friends comes hot on the hells, Bing-Bang-Boom all is rebuilt and were singing kumbayas by Christmas.......Reality is it took about 10 years to rebuild post katrina. 

And agents are legally prohibited to engage after closing - at least per Wisconsin State law. 

Quote from @Jaycee Greene: Quote from @William Taylor: Hey there BiggerPockets members, I'm an upcoming agent practicing running numbers on different duplexes and investment properties I'm seeing on the market, here to share another report I'm working on for feedback.

Leases are signed electronically (esign.com), and I set them up with RentRedi for deposit, cleaning fee, and rent payments.