@LeOla Fletcher If you can secure a tenant quickly, renting aligns with your real estate investing goals, especially with Section 8's guaranteed income covering most of your mortgage.

Most tenants pay using secure ACH transfers from their account to mine.

For example after reading the offering are you a secured investor or unsecured?

There is also the lending field which is quite lucrative if your more into financecommercial real estate if some day you want to be doing bigger deals and making 6 figure commissions checks.. etc etc.to try to start your business as a flipper or wholesaler is tough and it has a 95% failure rate being that it appeals to the mass's of which many frankly don't have the skills to succeed or the financing behind them.OR converselyMake money at your chosen profession save and buy and hold.. buy the best you can hold for long term.. same with buying securities .

I'm hoping to secure a fix & flip for my next deal and I'm looking out of state (specifically in Oklahoma).

I have some web design skills (I'm an engineer, so easy to learn new programming languages) and I'm currently testing my new system to manage the tenants.

However cash is a hard no for me because I feel having it around and transporting it provides a security risk for me.

Like the others said, I don't see how VRBO would even know you had a direct booking, or what would make them think they're privy to commission on a booking they didn't secure.

We key each room separately, so the members have security.  

According to the brokerage and agent, these individuals either weren’t serious or claimed they didn’t realize the property was occupied, even though it was clearly stated in the listing.I’m not particularly concerned about the property’s condition or the eviction process, as I’ve already secured some level of cooperation and have basic access to the basement.