.: Quote from @Jesse Dominguez-Castelan: Paul, as licensed agents my team and I do our best to find out as much information from the seller as possible so that we can provide you with what we hope is a complete picture of the property.

Establish a credit profile, credit score, and opportunity to apply for advanced credit/ OPM "other peoples’ money" to leverage for even more deals"So, really, you're paying $1K more to going Pace's Training because it already includes Prime's Corporate Credit Coaching.

In our experience that is what carries the day along with the area and the STR restrictions or lack thereof(a whole other conversation) that deems the valuations.Airbnb and VRBO have thought of this and are way ahead of it, we scaled quickly using these platforms for two high end STR that book out great, once we established that, we created a direct book website and are slowly pulling our repeats from that.

Its good that you've already established some target markets, I'd recommend diving deep into 1 or 2 markets, then branching out. 

I notice you didn't say you'd actually seen the tenant's policy.Are they properly licensed?

Here’s the TRUTH - If the entire Federal bureaucracy shut down tomorrow, within two years ll NECESSARY functions would be performed by private sector and private charities, the charities  which would have more than enough money from donations from the public no longer paying taxes to fund the bureaucrats, the congressman and Senators $25 million each in “speaking fees” the waste and fraud currently being exposed that has the political establishment scared to death, as well as not having their savings robbed by the inflation caused by the currency “printing press”.  

The guy told me that he used to work for a contractor and no is working for himself without a license 

Austria, Germany, Luxembourg; these immediately come to mind as "ancient" developed areas in contrast to the "infant" that is USA, and they seem to be doing very well, very efficient, very well setup and established across the strata's. 

We try to work with the same subcontractors as much as we can - it's the only way to establish a long term relationship. 

Key Deal Points:Loan Amount: $88,000Lien Position: 1st position Purchase Price: $120,000Appraised Value: $250,000Interest Rate/Return: 11% annual returnTerm: 5-year balloon (meaning the entire principal and interest must be paid at the end of the term)LTV ratio: 35.2%---Licensed Lending company for contractsRMLO package completed on buyersServicing company for payment