You also have higher expenses with STR and MTR, you have all the utilities, furnishings, and consumables to account for as well.Combining strategies with house hacking makes it easier to get to cash flow.

All communications have to be through email, which is some cases is great, but in others it is horrificly time-consuming and inefficient. 

As far as finding the property and in which market to buy, that has been the most time consuming for me with analyzing deals, putting in offers, etc. 

From my perspective it's not so much about being bitter about competition from people brokering without a license, as it is a consumer protection issue and looking out for this seller's best interests.

They do have filters, but it's clunky and time consuming compared to QBO's search. 

On our development side we stopped going because it was getting too costly and time consuming to deal with.Not sure if they are still around, but check out ForeclosureRadar.com.

That is the max loan to value where you can get the best rate available which will still give you 135k~ in cash for the next project, but leaving you with healthy cash flow on the property with the cheapest cost of interest you qualify for. 

I do have a background in finance both consumer and commercial. 

I know a few hosts who manage themselves, but it can quickly become very time consuming with every one-off maintenance issue. 

Several of our out of state investor clients are securing very healthy terms on CRE including apartment complexes and industrial warehouse spaces with as little as 25% down and rates currently ranging from 5.5-%-6.75% on 25 year amortizations.