Since a mechanic is an expert at repairing autos and not playing Nostradamus and predicting exact future, they use an industry accepted, published, estimation table to predict the appropriate billable time for said repair, known as book hours. 

I published a listing on zillow rental manager and I got a text inquiry within a minute which seemed odd to me.

Hard Money Lenders don't publish all of their requirements upfront. 

There's a great book called Every Landlord's Legal Guide published by NOLO that will give you some great basic advice on how the process works, you may want to buy that.

Good ones are still out there (I published an ebook on how to evaluate them if anyone is interested).As far as DSTs, I have yet to talk to a single investor who found a DST that was attractive.

There is published guidance on this which I have previously posted to BP.

Published a couple of articles on this exact question here on BP last year - these should be a helpful referenceDSCR Loans: What Are They And How To Get The Best Termshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/...DSCR Loans: How To Use Pro Strategies To Save More And Make Morehttps://www.biggerpockets.com/...

Earlier this year, Bigger Pockets published 30-Day Stay by Zeona McIntyre and Sarah D.

Take a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog4.

I made it easy for potential investors to see themselves working with me by constantly giving away free content.Giving talks and writing a book (not yet published) were also big parts of building my thought leadership brand.