Hey Beth, most of the people I've seen in the space pay by wire transfer or direct deposit.

Start asking now people you know or run into as to what they would be willing to pay. 

I would like to hear the thoughts of other, more knowledgeable people.

@Vic ReddyThey can try and negotiate but if they have substantial assets the lender is aware of it and will go after themI get the sense there is more to this story - for example in some jurisdictions they require older buildings to be updated by a specific date which is usually years in advance.

There are instances where a separate management LLC does make sense, but these investors are nowhere near the point where their operational level to warrant this. 

Run conservative numbers when figuring out how much you'll be able to get from selling your property when deciding to venture into this to make sure everything makes sense.

Checkout some of the great Vrbo tools like market maker.You can see demand, occupancy of your competition for certain dates.The boost function can move you up in the search results for certain dates and it will also show you where you are in the search results for any dates you choose.I get most of my bookings from Vrbo and people always find me on there.

Whether its capital gains or other types of income, definitely speak to your cpa as I have seen people do some interesting things with taxation on notes etc.

It's less daunting than many people's visions of it. 

This makes more sense as most of my buyers have been. hard money.