They should be able to walk you through the process, but TL;DR you'll assign the contract.6) If I can get an investor wanting to purchase asap, how do I have them pay the EMD?

And that he needs to set up a Property Management Team (electrician, plumber, handyman, carpenter, landscaper, drain service, accountant, attorney, etc.) to run his new Investment Property business  He thought he was so much smarter than me (I have 30+ years as a Landlord) and was so proud that he had already signed up two of his properties with AHS and was in the process of signing up a third property. 

If you're investing $10-15k to increase the property's value by the same amount, it might not be worthwhile.Hope this helps clarify your decision-making process!

However, in austin, you are at the mercy of the permitting process, so there's no way to guaranty that your sign company will be able to procure a permit for the billboard.Also, austin is NOT allowing any new billboards inside city limits.

The underwriter for a HML company has a list of required due diligence that needs to be collected before a loan can even be submitted to the asset management company or hedge fund they partner with for approval – meaning it could take a few weeks to close if you can get your broker the required docs (it’s usually referred to as the conditional approval process).

As a result they’re forever attending seminars, workshops, classes provided by various real estate organizations; they’ve read every book ever written about real estate twice; they believe that they could be worth $1 billion now if only they had chosen real estate as their college major instead of medieval literature; but soon as they study for their real estate license in all 50 states they’ll be ready to begin.The Guru Junkie – I met this person while I was the designated provider of financing for a guru – back about 30 years ago.

I currently serve some great STR markets like Perdido Key, Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach and I'm in the process of getting my Alabama license so that I can work in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores as well. 

Screen tenants - Implement thorough tenant screening processes to minimize risk of vacancy and potential rental income loss.4.

Here's a great article that explains the process and qualifications.

City of DHS is tough right now, they are enacting new very strict STR rules and it's tough to manage the process and fees unfortunately.