Even if yuo do get a home in that fashion, just realize you are immediately over leveraged and underwater in most instances on that property. 

I'm an out-of-state investor so using property management in some fashion is a must.

you will have to pay those if you buy your house...I am old fashion.  

That's generally fee's of some form or fashion used in a manner that views as invested capital. 

It was popular before the riots hit but now it's just kind of old fashioned looking but fits in in the neighborhoods because so many other places have it.

Either way - it takes a few minutes to drag and drop a whole folder onto a listing photo upload page and then order them in a meaningful fashion (front of house or major feature first, etc) - adding individual photo descriptions is a PITA though.You're exactly on point about the paperwork - sellers should be filling this out, not agents.

We've had a lot more success with good old fashioned cold calling, response rates are lower (5-10% nationally) but you don't have your accounts being shut down every day.

@Don Konipoli can have some sympathy for #4, since it's drilled into everyone now that you can't advance in any field unless you 'have a mentor' - so i try to redirect those into an old-fashioned pursuit called 'making friends' or, not quite as bad, 'networking.'

In a similar fashion, if you can imagine how much landscaping and underground infrastructure is in a golf course as compared to the clubhouse, that will give an indication of why an extremely high percentage of the property's value is allocated to the land improvements.

We still like the old fashion long-term rentals for the consistency and reliability of income.