I have videos on my channel of tenants who have exercised the lease option, showing gratitude for the opportunity that they had to do the lease option.Additionally, I work with a ton of great wholesalers and I know a bunch of Sub to people as well.

Most successful STR owners I work with in the Pocono's/Lake Wallenpaupack PA utilize only someone to clean, and a few local handymen.

Welcome to BP, you will find a ton of great resources to your questions on here.

Additionally, they've avoided 40-50 hard credit inquiries populating on their credit as a result of the soft credit inquiry that we utilize for DSCR loans.If DSCR loans are a new thing to you, I would recommend checking out some articles here on Bigger Pockets or giving me a call to learn more.

A lot of gurus will have you believe wholesaling is easy and you can make a ton of money doing it with very little effort.

I second this - Beth is great and has a group as well where you can learn a ton on private lending.To the poster who mentioned giving them 100% financing - as a private lender NEVER give someone 100% financing.

At one point years ago, I toyed with the idea of owning giant apartment complexes in multiple cities.

If you do have enough other income then you dont even need to lease out this property to start your refinance.However if you dont have enough income to qualify with no rental income offset then yes you will need to obtain your lease(s) and security deposit + 1st months rents deposited before you can utilize 75% of this gross income - your monthly PITIA payment (in terms of qualification on this property refinance.So all in all Id make sure what your current debt to income position is first of all (DTI) and then strategize to see if you even need the leases at all.

They have a ton of really valuable and good information with their webinars, etc. 

I have never been able to utilize any DPA with any deal as of now, but it is fun to keep it as a possible tool for use in the right situation.