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! 

The properties looks good in 2020 when they were 515 and interest rates were 4%.

Obviously they would expect fees.

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

Market insights and understanding the rental rates in the neighborhood.

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?

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 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?   

Now, after doing this several times my success rate is around 1 out 5.   

However, I read some bad reviews about them. 10% service fee from landlord, plus 8% from tenants.