They will shop the available options for you and present you the best options while pointing out where the policies differ from each other.

If you want to be nice, don't charge a late fee for the rent as she pays it late over the coming weeks.

Bird dogging is a way to make money but its not gonna get you rich.WE have had many do some birddogging for us on the private lending side to find qualified people that need a loan and its interesting how many last a few weeks - I sense the same holds true for real estate bird dogs.

If I can line up a tenant during the option period, then I know I will win, and I can also win if another buyer comes in with a competitive offer.

Quote from @Rachael Shad: Look up "the1brokerage" owned by David Greene.  

Thank you very much for the thoughtful response Dennis! 

Hi All, my names Josh, I'm a kiwi living in the UK building the portfolio with a unique business model which brings into other investors into a compoinding model with both Capital and perpetual returns.i have a well developed process and network here in the UK and New Zealand, wanting to explore the US market.

I'm in the early stages of considering a venture into the short-term rental business in Austin.

Unfortunately, Texas has a law prohibiting HELOCs on rental properties and I believe they also have a 70-75% max total loans allowed on the property which cuts into the equity I've built and would only allow for me to access 30K which would make it less appealing to go through the process for only 30K.

Well, closing your account so quickly certainly doesnt help the attemp to network.