If you're open to mid term renting (we transition to this during our slower season), I'd also recommend speaking with the university and trying to see if you could try to be the source for their mid term housing.

The right structure ensures a smooth, win-win partnership!

But I do plan on transitioning into working the wholesale process from start to finish myself as that’s the road to making more than the $10k he offers.

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The communication issues with your current PMC will make that transition harder, but it's well worth it.

I can say there are specific custodians we like to work with who are streamlined and smooth process and some who make the process a lot more labor intensive, and have had two investors using the same custodian and have one tell us we need to complete this form and the same custodian tell their other client that its a different form.

Since this occurred, we've taken great measures firm and department wide to help smooth this process out and provide a better client experience.I appreciate you being honest, and will be reaching out to help clarify how we could have done better and to help remedy the situation.

I've been an investor for 18 years but transitioned to commercial 8 years ago and the deal flow side of things is way different than 1-4 family residential.

For a lot of investors it takes 5-10 years to transition from W2 to full time RE investor and if you don't have a passion for being a landlord, you may find yourself hating it.

In place of a flat fee I can see the transition being something based on referral (did my buyer agent get me a trades person, lender, home inspector, etc.