I got my appetite whetted for RE when I put our own house (which we were renting) on Airbnb and seeing the power of STRs firsthand.Even though Austin has already appreciated quite a bit, I think it's still a great market to get into for STRs and even traditional rental properties.Looking forward to connecting with other like-minded real estate go-getters!

He does traditional brokerage as well...happy to make an introduction. 

The broker on this deal was extremely distant to say the least, I was always directed to the assistant who was handling the deal...who was "learning" how to do his job, to put it in a nice way.Come to find out apparently they had been scaring off like 95% of the people interested because they sincerely thought it could not get traditional financing.

Now, if A and B do not both 'check out' (my guess is that they won't) you may be stuck exploring a more traditional financing and find an outside resource to manage type of route. 

Tying it all togetherThis year I will be more focused than ever on both my traditional financial investments and the investments I have mentioned here.

I own 9 units so far that I purchased traditionally- but now I want to try and scale fast.

In no way does that undermine the brokers and agents who pay for access to the system.Just because the traditional model is the way you've always done it, doesn't mean that's the way it should always be done. 

If you are new to wholesaling I'd recommend that you go the traditional route going after properties that aren't listed.  

It is the step that protects you against fraud and other fraudulent practices, like one of my mentors will say “ensure to check all checkable “.Your Realtor and your lawyer should be able to assist greatly in this as this is why you are paying them, they should help you verify the tittles on the land, ascertain the real owners from both the land registry and the traditional registry and ensure you are not buying government land or land in dispute.(9)TAKE IMMEDIATE POSSESSION:- Always insist on taking immediatepossessionof your propertythat’s why I always advocate for people to buy from real estate companies doing immediate allocation., insist on collecting all your documents immediately so as to forestall falling prey to confidence trickstersCONCLUSSIONJust take action today, Contact a realtor and kick start Investment in landed property.

Dodd Frank throws a wrench into parks selling homes to owner occupants on traditional notes.