Bizarre.My wife and I also have a self-directed 401(k) plan, @Tina Artigliere and @Alicia Prokos.

My suggestion would be to get an investor friendly agent who knows a few local markets and have them guide you in the right direction.

You CAN NOT contact the listing agent directly from Zillow, but you can look them up and Google them.

Hi Isaiah, I am based in Fort Lauderdale and can speak to the local market directly.  

build to rent is great. they are an intermediary that help investors contract direct with turn key new build. they are pretty sophisticated we have sold a house so far and we are looking to sell other multifamily with them. there is a vetting process and as an intermediary they don't control construction they help vet builders and establish relationships. they have a big team. the other builder I've never heard of but unless you can see your house I wouldn't touch it. rent to retirement has a strict policy of 90 days until certificate of occupancy until they will send a deal out they are good at what they do and I'd recommend them. they have options all over the country and established relationships.

We are taught to defer to the City zoning departments and to direct buyers to that department for their own due diligence. 

Directly after signing up I called them to make certain I had not signed up for any "subscriptions" or "programs" and was assured I was not.

I have never owned my own property, yet grew up in a family real-estate holding company and directly understand the power of real estate investing.Since 2020 ive seen homes double in price. 

Although certain defenses do exist including, insofar as is relevant here, unreasonable hardship, " 'the court's discretion to grant or deny specific performance of a contract for the sale of realty is not unlimited; unless the court finds that granting a decree of specific performance would be a drastic or harsh remedy, or work injustice, the court must direct specific performance' " (id., quoting 91 NY Jur 2d, Real Property Sales and Exchanges § 204).

I stick with the main OTAs and have added GVR since I believe that one could materialize but trying to get direct bookings is also difficult.