I do not know how they are handling new customers verse the Midland existing customers.Regarding the customer service it seems the people I dealt with are still employed and only my "personal rep" as it were, was promoted and another took her place.

What do people think about hot tubs in your STR ?

I'm looking forward to meeting new people and am happy to share my experiences through my first 4 years in real estate with anybody who's looking to get started.

Now here is some advice many will disagree with me on but I firmly committed to this:  Most people that use a VA loan shouldn't.  

I think too many people move on to property number two and three before property number one is really in good shape and later they regret it.

For example, we have an artisan chocolatier in a town of 350 people.

Several have zoning restrictions saying no more than 3 unrelated people can live in a property. 

People can see them and reach out to you about them.

It saddens me to see millions of people strapped to their jobs, trying to protect their holy grail 401K, until they are 60, and then start taking their "distributions", having a couple of decades left to live.

The most important thing is to work with people you trust.