By securing favorable terms upfront, I aim to maximize my ROI when selling within a 3-5 year window.I believe that connecting with like-minded investors is key to continued growth and success in this industry.

Here are many real estate industry professionals, investors, and newcomers here, after my brief observation.So I set up this accountI've actually been around the construction industry.Initially I supplied high-grade aluminum doors and Windows to individual users and contractors who used them for villas.Later I expanded my business to provide a complete building material supply service (flooring, drywall, plumbing, cable, etc.) to some archipelagic customers in Europe, which reduced their costs and sped up construction.

I assume such advisors are also available in the real estate industry.

For ownership of income producing property held personally, or thru a pass thru entity, different rules apply to the ability to recognize loses against passive or earned income, depending on the individuals gross taxable income, preference items subject to the alternative minimum tax, and whether or not the individual is in the real estate industry, or how much of their time is spent managing real property investments. 

I usually only do commercial/industrial developments.

There's plenty of regulation surrounding the STR industry, but it's perfectly legal and welcome here.

yes it would take a retooling the industry and industry standards no doubt..

It's frowned upon by EVERYONE in the industry.

Some agents are also wholesalers and/or get leads from wholesalers.That said, it is an industry that has some grey areas to it from a legal perspective.

In a dream world - the comprehensive solution does all this: *task management and sequencing where you can drop a property into a sequence ie day 1 call, day 2 mailer (have it automatically mail out something like a postcard) day 3 etc etc etc*project management outside of the outreach sequences for what's next in the process ie schedule inspection, send the contract, etc etc*ability to have multiple users drive around and if you see a property you can tag an address and add it into a marketing sequence, and also track the streets you've hit so you're not wasting time driving by the same houses more than once *dialer (ability to parallel dial numerous numbers simultaneously to make cold calling more efficient - Ive used tools like orum and kixie in other industries, and when you receive a pickup, the other calls are dropped) *skip tracing/data provider *website landing page for converting online visitors to leads*electronic signature/docusign*secondary branded landing site on different URL for blasts for deal disposition to your buyer listWhat am I missing?