I only give them a short time (usually 5 days total from the contract to hold) to meet for the lease signing before they lose their exclusive rights to the unit, so this prevents someone from dragging their feet after they've signed the contract to hold.Once the lease is signed, I take down the ads and send out emails to people in mid-marketing flow letting them know that the apartment has been rented but I will reach out if something falls through.

We found a newspaper from 1889 in the house and also a dead cat. 

Living in the property for two years likely allowed you to claim the capital gains exclusion... up to $250K for singles or $500K if married.

This contract includes an exclusivity clause to prevent your clients from bypassing you and going straight to the lenders to cut out your commission. 

.- Do I qualify for for a section 121 exclusion sense I lived on the property for the first 2 years of ownership?

Most of our mid-term rentals are exclusively listed on Furnished Finder.

Cruz seems to focus more on seller financing which seems to be limited as a lot of sellers don’t offer this.  90 day rental road map focuses on private funding with exclusive lenders for their students that will fund 100 percent of the deals.  

My figures are below.TaxDeed Winning Bid: $489.00 (My Bid May 2013)Property Clean-up: $450.00 (mowing, trash removal)Taxes & Insurance: $80.00 (2013 & 2014)Sale Advertising: $130.00 (Signage, Newspaper Ads, etc)Filings & Legal Fees: $245.00 (Deed, Lien Releases, Sales Agreement Docs)Total Costs: $1395 (approx)Sold for: $3250.00 (August 2014)That is better than the 25% I would have received if the property was redeemed during the redemption period.

Our newspaper noted they had invested over $1b in the area, but I think that covered 2 mega sites.

But Scott's model does not target business investors exclusively, they (he and his students) sell ton of properties to owner occupants.