In the real estate SFH market, we observed multiple platforms like Zillow, Redfin, Realtor, Trulia, and Movoto - each offering unique user interfaces, features, and experiences. 

You must document the use of the money to prevent a claim that you made a consumer-purpose loan.

I am an accountant and exported the ledger and showed this to the PM and he agrees with me but there is nothing he can do since they don't have control over the platform.

Online platforms like LinkedIn and BiggerPockets can also be helpful.

Certainly didn't make it's way into the hands of any consumers that's for sure.

This negative position can consume years of cash flow to recover.

In areas with a lot of market activity, there will be more comps to choose from but please remember that CMAs also include active listing, under contract and expired data (not just sold data).Connecting with an agent who specializes in your area(s) of interest could be helpful here.We use 3 platforms, including our local MLS, to run CMAs.

You've always got to start there and then reverse engineer into the business platform you leverage.

It seems like a great platform (they call the sellers and vet the leads for you, then transfer the call so that you can try to work on acquiring the property).

Even people that find me direct often then book through one of the platforms, which is fine to me.