This allows them to navigate a familiar interface, making the process smoother and more convenient.

If I wanted to convert solely to me as the primary (investor/owner)..in the transfer process (to me solely) a complicated one?

The new PM simply asked/told the existing PM what they needed to do in order to process the transfer.

I have found that by switching to soft copies, I work much faster, and it speeds up the exchange process.

Everyone in real estate will be incentivized to upcharge your friend along the process hurting profitiability. 

I'll look into qualifying for mortgages and how that whole process works.

It's basically built on top of WordPress core and they made it simple and easy to navigate.Where in wordpress, you have to get some plugins (some are also monthly paid) to achieve the same kind of functionality.As @Todd Heitner mentioned, SEO is not just about having a good hosting/platform and features, it's about utilizing the features in a way so your brand has visibility and people that come into your website gets proper value of their time spent.Here's a table comparison for you that I wrote earlier:Now whether you have a carrot or a wordpress site, for SEO, you will need:- Website Credibility (Personalisation)- On Page SEO (Keywords, Titles, Meta Tags, Description, Image ALT Tags & Optimization etc)- Monthly Content Publishing (Regular Blogs & Location Pages)- Monthly OFF Page SEO (Citations, BacklinksNow if you consider the cost, end of the day it's quite same for both the platforms.But if you are starting fresh, I see no point of having their 180$ plan, you can continue with 89$/month plan from carrot and assign someone in your team to put regular blog posts and update the location pages.

The best thing you can do is plan that the first year will be on the lean side.

His agreements to produce websites, venture plans, private placement memorandums, white papers and coaching give him zero liability or responsibility to honor his commitments.

You end up having to sell to someone with higher down payments, better credit, better operating plan, and 100% investors who never want to pay top prices.