I believe you have a 45-day window to shop lenders without having a drastic hit on your credit score.Happy to recommend someone if you're still searching, shooting you a PM.Also, as @Rene Hosman mentioned, there is a service here on BP to link you with lendersAll the best!

Like everything else, there are tradeoffs.However, you mentioned being in an area with students, so SFH's in your area may operate more like multifamily units anyways with higher turnover.

These pockets are more affordable while still convenient locations, and the new construction appeal mentioned for 27703 is something North Raleigh nor Cary/Morrisville can offer affordably due to being pretty built out.

I've seen it mentioned a couple of different places but never with that level of detail.

There are some exceptions to that as I mentioned that have been done in the past, but again that would be through an escrow account, etc.

Typically they are over valued based on their comps they provide, so make sure to do your own comps.Also as you mention, I have had a lot better luck with realtors on pocket listings or just in conversations with them than I have had with wholesalers.

You mention you are new to real estate but you know how to get very accurate estimates for single family deals?

You are looking at it correctly, as others mentioned trying to avoid a PG is challenging, especially when starting out. 

However, this must be paired with a dedicated and robust negative keyword strategy to prevent your ads from appearing for keywords that ARE NOT RELEVANT to your investing business.For the sake of this example have a look at this attached picture below:In this picture you can see that this ad shows up on the keyword “House for sale near me…” which is not something a seller would search for (not to mention a distressed seller).

You sort of answered this in your post though, where you mention keeping the cashflow for myself, and I don't think it's a great idea to charge an upfront fee for these deals.