Newer brokerage policies in our mls have more clearly separated listing and buyer broker fees, so you can likely interview nearby buyer brokers who will provide the service for a set cost or possibly work with you to represent you on an agreed upon sales commission where if seller doesn’t offer to cover it, there’s a minimum you’ve agreed to pay to broker on any purchases that are realized through their service.

Go DSCR and up the LTV to 80% if it will debt service if not keep it at 75%.Second option is get a portfolio loan you are buying more then 3 properties.DM with any questions if you want to understand blanket portfolio loans. 

I am co-owner of a company that provides EMD Lending services to wholesalers. 

Also 4th quarter of last year Packwood and county officially did discuss potentially regulating STR's by either limiting numbers or adding a tax to cover increases in local services that are needed.

I made a comment on Bigger Pockets about how they make you search through the forums, instead of doing this, and their answer was to simply say it wasn't their responsibility to provide such a service. 

And please don't give me the line about "service." 

Hello everyone,I have reviewed a CAR property management contract with a company and they have 5% written in the line that states “ an overhead and service fee added to the cost of all work performed by, or at the direction of,  property manager”.

Research rates for a payroll service for your employee that can handle your federal state and local employment taxes / calculations Know your federal state local and county tax requirements as well as whether you must have workman's comp for the person or not.

The #1 website that has been servicing the Mid-Term Rental and monthly stay market for over a decade is MonthlyRentalsByOwner.comThey don't charge service fees (like the big sites VRBO & AirBnB), plus you get immediate direct communication with the guest.They only charge an annual subscroption up-front of $173/year per property, and that also gets you posted as well to their Snowbird website for monthly renters, www.AmericanSnowbird.com - all included in that one annual fee.

Tough to find cash flow in todays numbers but if you have strong reserves and good job, might be good long term hold.