@Nathan DobbinsYou bet.

You can always refi anytime and pay off the balloon to the seller.A local or regional commercial bank or commercial mortgage lender will be your best bet to refinance the sellers note.

South St Louis County is a better bet.

I stopped doing it a couple years ago, but I bet the World Series would have been a decent pay day.

They sent a spreadsheet that outlined each fault, with the repair in another column. - There are probably some I'm missing so I may have to update later.Will I be buying more properties from Bridge?

The Realtors are your best bet.

"If I were a betting man," I'd suspect that as soon as you refuse to pay the "finders fee," she'd figure out a way to get the deal signed. 

If I had to make bets I'd say it'll happen next week.

Justin,Look at Homeaway and Airbnb for similar properties, then see what their rates are and see how full their calendars are.This should give you an idea of how much they are bringing in annually.If you put it this in a spreadsheet and make a column for each property it should be easy to do the math.Then you'll need to deduct for Mortgage payments, cleaning, utilities, upkeep, advertising and Property Management.You can pretty quickly see what the numbers shake out to be.You could also play with the numbers like different mortgage payments, PM or doing this yourself, different rent levels etc.You may be happy with a 50% or 75%  offset on your overall costs since you primarily want a second home/vacation place for your family.

They may have had a negative experience or feel that way because of something, but everyone is different and the more money you can bring in under one roof the better hence why I believe that MFR especially the smaller units are your best bet.