Or should I do old-fashioned marketing like direct mail?

@Leslie Mangrum We accept rent via all of the ways you mentioned but if someone is going to pay in any fashion but online through our website we make them mail it to us or come physically drop it off at our office.

The realtor wanting to change all the light fixtures and doing so in a sneaky fashion would make me want to use another realtor.

Otherwise you would need to apply for a Personal Line of Credit - and those aren't permitted to be used in this fashion for traditional lendingDo shell properties have value - I guess.  

Originally posted by @Jerry Maggiore:@Jason GinesHow do I go about doing that and finding trust worthy people The old fashioned way, by spending the time to learn about that type of investment vehicle and researching the options.   

The home he found wasn’t vacant and ready for full rehab; the tenants he screened were terrible; the rehab costs came in higher than forecast; he couldn’t sell the home as an owner-finance in over five months; he didn’t remit what few payments there were to me in a timely fashion.

Question is will they default the old fashioned way by renegotiating the debt or not paying, or will they default by paying the creditors back with dollars worth less than the dollars the government borrowed?  

Again, make sure to include a qualified attorney on your team when you start partnering in any fashion. 

Other agents will show people one specific house in place of the old fashioned coffee meet.

@Isiah Ferguson If you want to use the equity to purchase another property some options are:1) get a cash-out refi on one/both2) apply for a Heloc on one/both3} get a private loan with one/both as a collateralThere is always the old fashioned route of saving your rental income and anything else you can until you have enough for a down payment