I have zero affiliation with any of those companies.

It was all really quick, and the time to complete everything happened a lot faster than I expected (which was a good thing).I was worried at first that I had to use all the partners that Rent to Retirement had, but it was really easy for me to shop around for different lenders with different terms and rates, insurance providers, and property management company.

We're based in Tampa and, in addition to personally investing, I own a mortgage company that provides financing for tons of investors.

I would caution on having a high deductible / inadequate coverage policy with a property in Athens.Dan, a comment you made that I don't concur with is the cap ex on a new build of 300/month, unless it was a low quality builder (I have no idea who the builder on this property is). 

Looking at this past week's CMI, it's interesting to see the buyer/seller positioning in the SE-ish area compared to the NW-ish area with rates high 6's in JanuaryStill bullish on W/NW future demand due to TSMC factory and other companies (dashboard snapshot below) but time will tell.

There are specialty umbrella companies that don't require you use them for car and home.2.

@Christopher Smith there are many...but in my opinion really only three companies out there that offer the ability to 721 into a large and diversified REIT that i'd feel comfortable with. 

@Tammy Elias The lease is tied to the property, not the management company.

There's usually a good reason why a company is cheaper or more expensive.

He can spend the next few years-ish getting a finance degree through an online school while working part time, but he just got offered a full time position helping with sales for a local wholesale real estate company.