My wife and I fostered two young boys and we have been blessed to continue to be in their lives for years now.

A good middle ground may be the Clean Energy Credit Union, which I've had a few customers use and plan to use myself to fund part of the deal.Good luck!

We are now investing in an advanced CRM that will interface with our PM software for even more customization and automation - including hiring a specific expert to implement it for us.It will be a painful learning curve - short-term pain, for long-term gain.Suggest you make your list as you learn on the fly about what various softwares offer.Check these out: Buildium, Doorloop, Appfolio and Rentvine.Take your time, because switching is another painful task:(

For example I have a customer in Zurich who needs a mattress and adjustable base that only exists in the USA and they don't want to pay retail pricing.I wish I knew how to do deals like this well with RE and had all the contacts.

There’s a short but informative book written by @Dave Foster as well as some YouTube videos.

Home warranties are a scam....Nathan spelled it out perfectly.... they tack on fees for every claim, hire crap companies to bandaid the issue, take forever, crappy customer service and communication.

You can also check with @Dave Foster he is who I send all of my clients to.

The LTR is nice, steady cashola without a lot of customer service issues a STR brings. 

I could be wrong, I honestly think this is such a systemic change that it’s hard to predict the ripples, but I find it extraordinary hard to believe this doesn’t lead to a substantial reduction in commissions, I’m literally taking with a client in an hour, I like the guy, I suspect he may be a repeat customer and I’m not gonna take any chance I lose him over a few dollars, so I’ll negotiate with him, I suspect other agents will take the same approach, especially given the real risk buyers just walk and go unrepresented, whether that’s a good idea or not l, it will happen.

The cost is likely dependent on the level of customization and depth needed.