They are all stabilized investments with paying tenants.Once again, the program is rather simple. 

Surely some locations are saturated, but the demand from NYC area folks coming Upstate is still high.

They had no lease in place, but have been paying on time. 

If not, she will eventually find a new place, stop paying rent, string you along, and then move out in the middle of the night leaving you with a vacancy, past due rent and most likely a mess and damage to the unit.  

It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.

Our virtual bookkeeper has folks on Stessa, Quickbooks, or REI Hub.

Most inquiring about the availability of the unit or saying something to the tune of "i can pay with a company check", to which I give a smart response, then report as scam.

The benefits to using available cash to fund multiples investments as opposed to paying all cash for one investment seem pretty self explanatory, but the largest benefits...especially in real estate...are likely the ability the spread risk across multiple investments and the ability to make multiple investments in a shorter period of time, allowing your cash flow, equity, and ultimately potentially your net worth to increase at a faster pace.To answer your question about traditional financing directly, yes you can obtain a traditional mortgage and put a large cash down payment down, essentially financing 'part' of the purchase price.

@Greg ScottPeople don’t know what they don’t know and think they are doing something great by raising $ and hoping to reap the rewards - not understanding that if it goes bad it can go very bad for them.Mauricio also posted a LinkedIn post on this and it’s always been a challenge and for those who have sales people but cannot pay them a commission like most sales jobs offer unless they are licensed.

You sell the house, pay off the hard-money loan, and keep the profit.