Security systems are a giant headache for short term rentals.

What about the security deposit? 

That is what is meant by slow flip except generally you will use borrowed funds to buy distressed property and sell for more with financing--similar to what some used car dealers do but with an appreciating asset instead.

Unkempt lawns, trashy or broken down vehicles, mattresses and trash on empty lots, boarded up houses, bars on windows, dealers and hookers on the corners, the lack of stores or gas stations, occupied properties are dilapidated, etc.Or when Google maps shows stuff like this:

It's impressive that you secured a deal like this with no renovations and turned it around the same day.

Our names go on title and our loans have the real estate as collateral so they are “secured loans.”  

He is securing expensive debt, not debt through a bank, isn't putting any capital into the deal and structuring the equity investment in a highly risky manner without any upside offered to the investor.

Securing loans with a low credit score is possible through private or HM lenders.

Pros include securing the desired property and strategic planning, while cons involve higher costs, financing challenges, and complexity.

We embrace S8 applicants, but screen them just like any other applicant.Many have an entitlement mentality and try to leverage their S8 voucher by pretending to be helpless:1) A percentage won't apply because they expect a landlord to waive application fees for them.2) Many cry broke and expect a landlord NOT to charge them a security deposit.3) Many of those same S8 tenants trying to avoid paying a security deposit, won't make an effort to call the list of nonprofits we send them that will pay their security deposit if they apply.4) A lot of them try to avoid paying for utilities.