The tradeoff on the joint financing is going to be the (refi) costs associated w any transfer of ownership, HOWEVER transferring title to the LLC is unlikely to trigger due on sale (b/c it sounds like most banks simply aren't monitoring and/or enforcing due on sale in these instances) which would make the ownership (sans the actual mortgage note) more easily transferable than exiting your position as an individual owner?

Also another lender reaching out to me to lend on the deal and they aren't even looking into the deal and thats another way folks will get scammed through a broker.

We aren’t looking to pay one of those “guru’s” that feed you a bunch of crap.

How do you confirm that the person at the corporation is authorized to sign a lease on the company's behalf?

I agree with Michael Baum: read all the suggestions here: great info.The general theme is, whether it's your cleaner, your handyman or a responsible neighbor, you need willing and able "boots on the ground", eyes on the property and someone local with both common sense and authority to act on your behalf and/or your instructions.My 2 cents,Mike

Rentometer is fair as an aggregate, but often misreads the market in high rental areas or very suburban markets where there aren't a ton of rental options.You should be able to be within $200/month using MLS data which is not all on Zillow because the syndication of rental data is way less than sales data.

As everyone else said, if you aren't getting traction, it's either priced too high or you have terrible photos and description.

You aren't flying to the market 2x per year.  

BiggerPockets has a book about private lending and I’m one of the authors - so feel free to take a look if interest or respond with questions.

Those deals aren't every day, but they are still out there.