To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

Also, Since my buy box is pretty narrow, even though I’m pretty good at doing the title research myself, I’ll still pull a title report for each one.

My preliminary research on Zak has not shown much negative things yet.

Conducted personal research.

Thank you all so much this helps tremendously I will jump back into the research! 

Another idea to consider is the FHA 203K renovation mortgage, this is another excellent tool to use because of flexibility and other worthwhile features you might consider researching.

@Bruce Bennett It's great that you're being cautious when researching DSCR lenders!

🤝[I am not sure I fully understood what I was getting into when I undertook this research.  

These are by far the least amount passive so do your due diligence on understanding how to run a successful STR business and researching local laws on allowing STRs.2.

If you research recent sales you can always provide the appraiser a list of those sales.One of the best ways to insure a higher value is to update the property using materials and fixtures that are popular and common in the area.