ACH payments by their nature take a few days to know if it actually clears (you can know faster for credit card payments). 7-10 days I'm guessing is something like this:2-3 business days Tenant -> Zillow2-3 business days Zillow -> LandlordSo in summary, you'd almost surely know within a couple days if the tenant sends a bogus payment, even if you don't get it into your bank account until later.

It usually doesn't have a happy ending for those affected and/or inflicted by such.When the cards come tumbling down, the Pied Piper is often on to pumping the next big thing, while leaving a wake of stress and financial destruction behind.Long term, the Smokies are an EXCELLENT investment for most.  

There are dream merchants and their followers.

Oh maxed out credit cards and decrease in savings.

Lastly, we like to include a $10-15 gift card to Starbucks or Chick-fil-a.I would verbally discuss the options you plan on presenting, following that up with an email outlining the details of the options.

When these homes get listed, we get photos and the 'dream of owning your own vacation home' So we have to start with price & location..if those both meet the criteria, then we hone in on weather we want one that has not been taken care of and likely not generating enough income to cover expenses or one that is fully themed and likely will continue to do well if all else stays the same.

A dream of ours regardless!

I'd be looking for meetup groups of investors and start handing out business cards that say you are an investor looking for private deals to contribute to. sometimes its just 3-5 investors on a small house/STR

I say you don't need to consider security cameras (or even trail cameras)- but you could put fake ones out or if you had wifi on site o(r wanted to go the sim card/monthly route), that's not an expensive option either.

They attend networking events, build websites, print business cards and worry about stuff like LLC structure and taxes instead of learning how to become a deal maker.