For example, one of the linked sites above says Illinois is a landlord-friendly state.

The site is ran by one of the top real estate Lawyers in this state: Harry Heist.

Once you clear the 2-yr mark of living there yourselves, you can likely use the full $500k.Disclaimer: I said likely, because there could be a mountain of complications, as well as some different opinions from my peers.

I would also recommend doing a walkthrough video so your buyers can understand the layout and make you a soft offer before seeing it.There are many more things that would facilitate the sales process on the acquisition side, but since you are starting out, keep it simple and do not make an offer on-site since you said you are new and might not know how to run the numbers.

This is like going on a dating site and putting in your profile that you have a lot of baggage so tread lightly.BRRRR are the steps.

It's plenty of inaccurate information on these sites.

It's not that complicated, but it's not fast or easy.

I think Zillow just wants to make money, take a cut where they can to pay themselves for running the most popular real estate site in the country.

Lawyers may have to be involved, thus delaying and complicating the process, however, as long as nothing was done with intent of causing whatever caused the claim, they'll cover it.

Sites like Dalmorefg.com lists some on their site as they act as the compliance broker dealer for many offerings