Whereas the cap rate on active listings are 5, 6 range.

Concerning pricing, we are presently looking at 98.5% from list price to sales price.

@Roy Loganeither1. your own direct marketing to property owners, or 2. through someone else (a wholesaler, another investor, your network, your uncle's neighbor who wants to sell their house and doesn't want to list it and tells your uncle)

I found out the Michael has listed his Georgia home on Zillow for 1.1 million and the sale is pending. 

I did shoot you a DM of a couple I think could help you that isn't listed above.

This is networking, tapping your current list of friends, family, co-workers, other real estate investors, etc.Ideal duration depends on business plan: I, personally, am a fan of long-term fixed rate loans.  

The person who gave me a demonstration mentioned that by using it, listings were much better ranked on Airbnb (he emphasized that the listing updates every night, which is good for the algorithm).

I share a list below.

Plus, a listing of all Federal agencies the posters can think of.  

1) I'll put the summarized list of MP activities at the end, but generally speaking the way to think about it is: "Is this activity/task essential for the operations of the STR?