They were agreeable...nothing lost on either side as long as both sides are aware and informed.

This is an excellent post. 

No issues on property, except a faulty leaky toilet that was fixed same day as tenant posted maintenance issue.

Generally a "local" lender may just have more restrictions and even though they know the area, that's really what a great realtor and PM should be able to inform you on.

Now that I have more information of this, I realized this is what I really want.

Even something as simple as utilizing ChatGPT to speed up certain processes such as asking for generalized information on a market's demographics and immigration patterns can be useful and save a lot of time.

https://nationalmortgageprofessional.com/news/study-reveals-....Not sure BP will allow that link to post, if not just google " 10000 saved using a broker vs direct lender" and you can find the article.On the flip side, there are some banks and credit unions that could offer products that they do not allow to be brokered.

This is my first post on the BP forums. 

You made another post about you mentioning you do well with STR in NJ.

If you own a business even if it's a pass through LLC for your real estate you have to file a BOI Report by the end of this year.BOI stands for Benefit ownership information.