After I politely explained to him that my offer was based upon, not the Pro-forma rents which were $25-50/month higher than identical buildings surrounding it, but the average rents for the area.

Both seem to serve similar (if not identical) purposes and I am trying to determine which one to utilize for my RE properties.

There still will be some fees involved, but somewhat lower than a new loan, and often you won't have to pay for an appraisal.The catch here is that the buyer must be an owner occupant or, alternatively, willing to commit mortgage fraud.

For Debit/Credit, it is very helpful for reoccurring payments as well as organizing numbers and also another layer of fraud protection with credit cards. 

Identical cabin next to the one I have in mind is 100% booked until after Labor Day, for example)  Regardless I plan to spend a lot more time on this forum educating myself on notes, and I look forward to learning more from you all.  

I could see risk In hiring someone and they accessing that data and stealing identities.

Rental fraud is a growing problem in the real estate market.

Also found on Google... https://www.openpr.com/news/2099241/fraud-charges-being-pursued-against-private-money-authority

Broker B brought me a CMA that was almost identical to Broker As CMA the only difference was broker B was going to let me list at the price I wanted the 300k.  

An LLC can also hide your identity - just be sure LLC name doesn't include your initials, etc and you are NOT the registered agent.