Quote from @Clint Miller: How are you supporting your clients during this festive season?

They strategically avoid speaking to customers and offer support via online chat to a non US based helpdesk.

It was a small $$$ project but time consuming because that was something I DIY'd while living in the property. 

Quote from @Avani Patel: Hello, it is really time consuming for me to analyze each property by manually entering its data to calculate the return. 

Hi BiggerPockets community,I’m new to real estate investing and currently running a remote operation to help connect investors with distressed homeowners and foreclosed properties across various markets. My goal is to...

They make their money off of real estate agents, but real estate agents are the worst people to make money off because they are highly unreliable and in and out of the business when the market changes.Their target should be the consumer with higher levels that they can subscribe too for data, since Zillow is linked to the MLS now which makes their data somewhere more reliable.

While time consuming, I did learn a lot and was within $2,000 of my initial budget.

However, expect greater transparency and heightened consumer awareness that has come out of media attention and NAR settlement to impact the listing component of seller agency as well.

Just like any aspect of real estate investing, non-consumer lending at a large scale is a relationship business. 

It is very time consuming to get permit approvals and you may be in a position where you need to extend, pay fees, etc.. when your loan is past due.