Buyer's agents now have to ask the listing agent what the seller is offering now instead of simply looking at the MLS.

In the current market, it's pretty much impossible to have any positive cash flow in the 2-4 unit space with long term rentals, unless you're putting ~40-50% down, not only focused on the cash flow per se, but rather simply not being in the negative.

If you are using a loan, well there is simply no inventory in Cleveland.

There simply isn't enough margin in this business to layer on a national company, without charging you an arm and a leg and/or doing a substandard job.

If they try to hide who their current landlord is or lie about it, you can simply deny them based on that.

They've ruined many financial lives and simply don't care. 

Will they be doing other types of work like getting through the financing, becoming the guarantor, finding the deals, crunching the numbers, doing the accounting, or are they just simply doing less work?

Whether it's a legal demand for compliance or simply an email, it doesn't really matter; just make sure everything is in writing. 

Jay what you've got to understand about Josh is the fact he is simply lying.  

For consulting with a CPA.As mentioned above you can simply take monthly distributions, but what is most important is how you are set up.