They are using you, grinding down on you, really with fractional reserve they are taking advantage of you, so yes use them, with respect and minimally and where you don’t have a lot of risk of paying them off because your asset is a fat cow paying you more than plenty for the minimum payments even in hard times because the rents don’t go down that much in recessions, but then get out from under them ASAP and start putting your own low risk returns into your own pocket.In decision theory you multiply all the outcomes by their probability, and the expected outcome is the sum of all the probability-weighted outcomes.

Completing goals leads to satisfaction and feeling of accomplishment.Look at your example of weight lifting.

Admittedly, this was a bit of a rant - mostly around their online platform... which in the past few days I received an e-mail that they are re-vamping the website to be more user friendly.

For example, if the soil was deemed not capable of supporting the weight of the project in question, part of site prep would be coming up with the proper topsoil composition and spreading that out.

The 1st rental property in my name, but plan to create LLC this year and transfer the asset, however I may delay that if i can benefit from using e HELOC or blanket loan to secure funding for my next property.In addition my current home has a current market value of ~$420k with a loan of $297K.

I have a Solo 401(k) which I love, and was able to establish it after launching an e-commerce business much like @Bob Malecki suggests.

I think their O&E's are $55 per report. 

@Bob E. 1031 is an excellent idea.

Never take any numbers from a seller with much weight, always perform all your own due diligence in order to make a smart move.  

They are embarrassed by the business aspect of making offers and as a result at very often unprofessional in regards to making offers.Why do they help investors...because they are not personally in the market to buy every good deal that comes along, ethically they may not be allowed to buy listings and, like us, must have th emoney/financing and be in buy mode.Good investor agents are difficult to find and worth their weight in gold.