For example, instead of asking, "What’s the best market to invest in?"

But they have an escalation clause every year to eventually put them above market.

Whatever market you are looking, I'd consider putting out a cash offer. 

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Since they keep the loans in-house instead of selling them on the secondary market, they can tailor loan terms to meet your unique circumstances as an overseas borrower.If you have strong assets or savings, consider looking into asset-based loans or no-doc loans.

However, after tenant moved out on 9/30/24, the pool for interested tenants was shallow and so we listed the property to test the market and ended up getting an offer at asking price within a couple days.

MLS hands down will get the seller the best price in the market at the time. on having these in 3 markets I got to think finding a buyer to buy all three is going to be near impossible. 

I've been reading more about subject to and here's what I've learned:-Good for sellers who are off market-Have low to no equity-Have a mortgage with a low interest rate (less than 5%)-Be absentee or out of state (vacant property, or have a tenant)The buyer would then take over the mortgage payments, and have the seller sign the deed over to the buyer.

Also, our market has many First time home buyers, so to fix&flip we needed contractors which required much more $$.

In this market, I'd question what's the catch.