Mine was a bridge product, when a pretty house under contract was hit and damaged by hail.

The time a tenant pays through Avail until the rent payment hits my bank has remained the same length of time (3-4 days).

But I'd still hit up your local meetups to connect with others doing the same thing in the neighborhoods your investments are in.

Instead of selling your place outright and getting hit with a massive tax bill all at once, you play the bank and provide a loan to the buyer.

Hit me up if you want to take a look in the Toledo area!

For all that work, it seems even less likely to be able to compare bids from different lenders ... if you can find two lenders that you can get competing bids from (on the same loan product), then you've hit the jackpot as far as I'm concerned.

The Poconos has always been hit or miss (unlike Smoky Mountains or Panhandle or Tampa where you have way more successful STRs), but right now the Poconos is worse than ever:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/530/topics/1157934-shor...

Lose money and get hit with a tax bill from Uncle Sam.

I understand the processor bankruptcy caused a big disruption but it also seems like FTF (Upright) was overly leveraged because they've proceeded mass sell their loan book, which means if you held one of the loans that will be sold you will receive no interest until due diligence is completed and possibly a hit to principal depending on the final price the buyer pays. 

It works for me and my cadence, the hit rate is less than 1% FYI.