Quote from @Jonathan Honohan: Mortgage brokers: What do you love about the lenders you work with, and what drives you crazy? 

If you are a multistate investor or investing across the state, ask for a clause that allows the freedom to work with agents outside of the region, since it is not possible for this agent to represent you properly in a different state.

Perhaps we "buy" the house from them for the $328K balance to satisfy the lender and don't need a large down payment and then have a separate contract with them to pay $x per month until we've paid the full $172K amount.

Quote from @Tina Lee: I bought an old condo, and had my handyman and his guys went to do some work at house.

Have to laugh at the guy who said cold calling and cold texting don't work.

If they can do 1 hour or work 40 hours for the same pay why put in the 40 hours?

Any screening service that works for long term rentals works just as well for MTR.I do my analysis my checking comps on Airbnb and using Pricelabs market data tools.Let me know what else I can help with!

Should I work with a local Architect to design from scratch?

Quote from @Chris Seveney:If the front door works - then technically it is turnkey. 

I personally like the BRRRR strategy - it's not easy to pull off but it's simple and it works in theory.