I think it's just for text, not to talk with a live person.

What do you think is reasonable or do you shop it out to a wide net and close the deal when the first person signs ?

Personally, if the property is in a bad area, this will give you headaches no matter what.

You can personally borrow from the SoloK to do things with.

This could be a single person who has their brokers license or a larger brokerage like Keller Williams.

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Be mindful that there are rules that the lenders want you to check off.Furthermore, there are other rules on the tax side where you want to normally be under to get the most tax benefits.The magic number in both instances is '14 days'Lenders want you to stay atleast 14 days to meet the secondary home requirement.The tax accountant normally wants you to stay less than 14 days or 10% of the days it was used as a rental to treat it as a rental and not as a personal residence.Best of luck!

@Mark Towey I don't "farm" areas personally, it doesn't really fit the niche I'm personally going after, but what I have heard from some major agents in my market lately is that farming is not near as productive as it used to. 

I’ve been paying it on my own for 3 years, since the loan was started.   

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