I was firmly denied and told, "we strictly do not allow short-term rentals, subletting, or anything similar".

MFA are involved and recommended Zeker - this thread has me second guessing proceeding with them - any further thoughts on using them? 

These things should NEVER be considered in an educational program much less a program that has self serving owners with over-hyped experience and credentials.Students have been squeezed out of deals that their coaches are involved with.

There are small communities in Texas where the 3 or 4 small brokerages in town just keep a list between themselves or have created a Facebook group among themselves to promote their listings.I have run across a few Brokers over the years that just worked with buyers in the purchase of HUD/VA foreclosures and were not Realtors and therefore not members of a Board/MLSHowever, in any MLS that I have been involved with if the Broker is a member of the MLS, all of their agents are also required to be members. 

In two detailed YouTube videos, Santarelli names each company and recounts fictional stories of his involvement in their successful through the online relaunching by Norada Capital Management.

Paul involves attending meetups and joining REIAs, working with professionals like CPAs, lawyers, and agents.

You will be denied 999 out of 1,000 times.

i keep seeing:1. buy out of state rental in a solid neighborhood with long-term potential (just as you are recommending) but then...2. have one rough tenant turn that costs a couple grand, and3. give up on real estate investing, and turn on everyone involved in the transaction for not guaranteeing that sweet cash flow in month 1 lol, yea there is a decent chunk of investors who get really butthurt by that one bad unit turn and just give up.

@Jamie Banks The issue is as far as I know almost all Leases when ALE types of companies are involved the  insurance policy holders are listed as the tenant.

I don't know how many of you are owed money by him, or if he was involved in your dealings, but thought you all may want to be aware incase you need to take action.