I can't tell you how many times when people would contact my agents fresh out of guru school.. and talk a BIG game  we are going to buy 20 30 properties we are building a team blah blah blah.. when in fact most of them borrowed the money for the course and are now trying to do business with smoke and mirrors.. real investors that have money if you lay this out the right way will probably go for it.. and SELLERS I can see that for sure.. but then again in the retail resi space so many people just are clueless and or really have very little liquidity that even sending you 1000 bucks up front could be a risk and stretch for them..

Also, I know many people swear by single-family homes but I strongly suggest multi-family.

@Caleb Graham I drove around the neighborhood I wanted to buy in (lots of multi family).

When Zillow gives stats like beds/baths/rent estimates on a multi family, are they giving those for the whole building or per unit?

I 100% agree with this being better for cash flow and appreciation in neighborhoods with limited multi-family.

These people care less about putting good tenants in a property and more about making a quick buck. 

They now have 5% conventional loans you can use on multi family homes now.

Ideally it would be a single family or small multi-unit that I could set up as an Air bnb or long term rental with the goal of moving to St Pete to live in within the next 5-10 years.

NOw that it is also a multi family, perhaps the income approach will also better the value after analysis by the appraiser.

I'm a step or two away from launching and I can't seem to find anything that shows me how to integrate into Pricelabs without going through BookingSync and paying a few hundred bucks for setup.