I recommend investor Title Services

I have aimed to take achievable and actionable steps towards my goal of buying my first property with intention to rent or flip by connecting with local investors, evaluating deals, and of course listening to the BP Podcast/reading books. 

@Chip Chronister your loan servicer and RMLO deal with Dodd-Franke.

First of all, a buyer's agent representing you is almost always paid by the seller's side (aka free service to you), so wouldn't be a great bonus to have someone who's on your side fighting the good fight for you.

Did you factor in Management fees (it will be more for a vacation rental), cleaning services etc or are you planning to have family and friends help you manage from OOS?

Less than 5 doors and rent income is not a major factor as long as you meet the debt service ratio.

It is ALSO coupled with immigrants coming over through refugee services as we are one of a select number of "cities" elected by the powers-to-be as such.   

But then I realize this is the service I've come to expect from listing agents...

Apparently I didn’t dig into their services deep enough.

Why would you do anything other than just pay the contractor for his services?