After well over 1000 houses it’s proved it’s worth.BUT if you think sugar coating will work sprinkle sugar all over the conversation. certainly nicey nice communication and unabashed laughter will get you elected but it won’t buy many houses. our product is money and we best not forget that. there’s a power exchange happening in every conversation and the one who blinks first fails unless winning isn’t important.  

Got some IO and also 30 year amortization for some of the BTR product we have acquired. 

Yes, it is a paid product, but it is worth every penny.

They are horribly slow and make the entire process exceedingly cumbersome for both a broker and the borrower. 

You should definitely check out Avery Carl's BiggerPockets book "Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth" https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/short-term-rental-l...There is a lot of amazing insight into everything to think of while operating an STR.

HELOCs are very much a short term product, because the interest rates can go up precipitously, they have been called due in past credit crisis situations.  

Some very successful investors were slow to get started. 

@Courtney HamiltonI have found that my rental listings are no longer Auto pushed to Zillow even though Zillow generates by far the most traffic for a rental listing almost 70% of the leads are from ZillowWhen you do your market analysis I would highly recommend pricing your property $50 below your competition because best products and best price equals the best tenant.

They may require you to use their services, but they may not be as picky about whether the plan was their production or not.

It's not the cheapest yet their price were not that much more than their competitors and SIW was a better product.