I’m a prior realtor, with wholesaler experience and have done some buy and holds in residential properties.

Through realtor.

No doubt buying the first property can seem very scary but ideally, you are working with a realtor and lender who owns STRs.

And realtors 

Hi Michael,  I’m a real estate investor, realtor and we finance investment properties.  

I see you are a realtor do you service that area? 

But when I submit his POF Letter to an realtor along with contract they say that letter is not legimitate and says that Jerry Norton and Carlton Sheets were known to scam many people who joined a few years back.

Talk to Mid South Home Rentals (division of Enterprise Realtors, Arlington,Tn) before you signup with quoted company.Best,Mike

The realtors, sellers, financing, due diligence, timeframe and process are all different.  

Your realtor can give you all the actual sales comps to help you see the difference between the listing price and the actual sales price.I however do have a little contrarian advice.