One other advantage is that many of the builders that I have worked with are able to incentivise the sale with interest rate buydowns that make the deal work.Best of luck moving forward. 

Or just pay your sister a finders fee for getting the deal?

Everyone’s got the same problem: STR oversaturationPrices are high in most markets and if/when you do buy, your competition is fierce thus pushing down nightly rates and occupancy rates in almost every worthwhile marketGood luck fixing that! 

Obviously they would expect fees.

His good customer service convinced us to go with Kiavi over two other vendors offering similar rates.

Market insights and understanding the rental rates in the neighborhood.

I do / done many rent to own (contract for deed) and a few seller finananced deals where I keep the note.Why not in parallel use a flat fee listing on MLS too?   

While less than 10% of the mortgage industry offers 40-year mortgages, here's something to factor in: they often come in with a rate increase of 20-35 bps.Assume 35 bps.$300k mortgage at 7.25% (30-year): $2,046$300k mortgage at 7.6% (40-year): $1,996Technically, it lowers the monthly, but not by much once factoring in the rate adjustment.

But SFH are already seeing renewals at 2%-4% and release rates up at least 5% YoY...that number is even higher on some luxury ($3k+/m rent) homes as those are harder to find.The rest is entirely speculative.

I think about this often, its really just running the numbers - if you borrow 100k at an 8% interest rate, will the investment get you more than an 8% return?