Photographers put pictures on websites and say they're available for free download.

My only option on their website was to submit a new customer form.

Interestingly when you go to Richard's website and try to look up his courses and programs and the costs, it says "page not found".

-Landlord reserves all rights to reject any or all applicants that does not meet the selection criteria set by the landlord.

What advice would you offer to someone with no experience to date with rentals in terms of selecting the best location to look for properties? 

The majority of data is open source and we can get it by simply looking at Zillow, county websites or heaven forbid taking a trip down to the county clerk’s office and actually pulling the documents.

Generally in this day and age its pretty easy to do quick due diligence (google, website, reviews, etc) to determine if a lender is reputable or not.Also - noting look straight from the NewFi websitehttps://newfi.com/dscr-loans/something is definitely off here if you were told you got a DSCR Loan and were required to provide tax returns to "qualify" - someone is not telling you the 100% truth which is certainly a flag to me. 

For help with the section-8 process, it's very important to have a PM that's familiar and connected with the HUD programs in the selected market. 

To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

Way too much risk but may work profitably in very select markets.