The advantage if needed by calling it an investment home is that you can use the potential income from the property to help your debt to income ratio where you cannot do this on a second home. 

Those would be the best place to start.

For example, say I have a foreclosure, or expired listing lead that I would like to find accurate phone numbers for for prospecting.

Pay attention to the duration.DM me if you want additional thoughts.Jeff

If you intend to occupy this as a primary residence you could "assume" the loan meaning you would personally need to qualify with the existing lender to take on the loan in your own personal name. 3.

I've largely stayed away from the "sub-to" buz word, but I have done a couple sub-to flips knowing that I only needed to hold onto them a couple months and I was prepared to pay off the notes if they were called.Sub-to for long-term hold on the other hand has me nervous. 

One question that always comes up is: "how difficult or easy is it to place properties into and out of the portfolio".Mike

@Gary M caceresDid you check the toilets to make sure one was not constantly running?

Also, which choice is better for you highly depends on what your real estate goals are and the experience level & skillset of the specific agent.Traditional agent and Redfin Agent could essentially be the same thing in many cases.

Make sure it explicitly explains the process for termination if you are unhappy with their services, especially if they violate the terms of your agreement.3.