One MAJOR advantage to renting the property out for a year is if you decide to sell it after renting it out for a year or longer it's considered an investment property and you can 1031 exchange it into a property of equal or higher value and not have to pay capital gains taxes on the sale of the property. 

I was younger and didn't have much money when I started so this was a major set back.

Quadplex (Four x  2 bed/ 1 bath)Asking 170kOffer 155kRent per month: $1640 (market supports $1800-2000)I'll try my best to provide updates on my huge success (or major flop)!

I know the results are good because a majority of the time I'm able to get in contact with the homeowner.

If you check out my post about probate lists, it was pretty much reposting that with an update on results over the course of the last year and growing to 25+ deals/month with the information given in the post.It had very little to do with promoting my products, and a lot to do with a valuable topic.

I see at least three major risks with private lending on a first lien.

Buying a personal home is a liability and in the majority of cases a SFH is a very poor investment as a rental income property.

In my area the majority of agents are part time, only a relatively small minority are doing it to earn their primary living.

Every SF rental I have had was a cheap house with somewhat major reno.

Maybe pick a fairly small list, so that you can also include products that don't offer a free trial in the comparison.