Private lenders for sure and also joint ventures with other investors to pool money and  resources

Stop worrying about hurting their feelings.

Now they’ve said they are holding for an Indefinite amount of time and since then they’ve stopped responding to me and email once or twice a year with corporate speak that says nothing useful. 

STOP BEING LAZY AND FIGURE IT OUT!

Hard to see the long term rewards in the moment, but I had been too hooked to stop! 

If you stop chasing leads and start earning business by showing your value versus the rest of the scabs in our industry, you will be able to call your shot on your commission.I sign all of my buyer agency agreements now at 3%, but with the proviso that if the seller is offering 2% or more, I will go down to that amount.

But I decided to test the Air BNB venture.

I would think your first stop would be with your property manager to see what data they can share.One of the reasons for hiring a property manager is so you don't have to deal with all of this stuff.

You can't stop this tenant from leaving.

If you'd like to get rid of these onerous rules to meet you can refinance out of your current FHA loan first yes.The other consideration is that if you move out of your primary to purchase a new FHA property you may also be subject to the 25% Equity requirement on the property you're vacating or leaving + the 100 mile rule that FHA has in place to stop rapid acquisitions.