With 20 years experience managing my sfr and as a property manager for a broker and a bank, this switch into ABNB has been a learning experience.  

That's aside from a renter placement fee (from a property manager or real estate broker), so with that into account, it could be about $3000 into the red on year one of a rental lease.

A bit about me: I’m a real estate investor (my husband and I own a 4plex in Oakland, CA), and SBA loan broker.

I think by the description these guys are brokers .. so they tack on fee's to the direct lenders fee's   Kind of like peer st..  

Brokers will be eager to add you as a new agent to their office.

Yeah, after brokering 300+ DSCR loans, I'm finding they are good for 1-4 units mainly.

I knew the numbers didn’t work at the old asking price, but now the property was priced at an 8.5% cap rate which I am happy with in my area.I reached out to the listing broker and got a showing setup right away.

, maybe REA and brokers shouldn't have licenses? 

Find the REIA group for your areaAs Henry noted, post something specific for your area and tag your market.Get on Loopnet for your area and property type, reach out to the brokers that are listing deals and offer to take to coffee (they are often invested in deals too but you could ask for connections to other operators that might be getting started).And, again as Henry noted, each person you meet, ask them what other networking events they have attended that you can put on your list.

Hi @Evan Coopersmith, I'm an investor and licensed mortgage broker here in Chicago (Oak Park).