.= Allows tenants to fill out and submit a rental application and pay the application fee= Provides credit reports and background checks= Accepts rental payments and late fees= Allows me to communicate with tenants= Keeps track of documents (leases, move-in inspections and the like)= Has a mobile appAny suggestions? 

Give Steve Raymond at Hill Point Insurance Agency a call.

So much so that training magazine has awarded Keller Williams Realty number one in training in all areas not just real estate agencies.

@Holly Yankus When you and your husband bought the duplex as a primary residence, you made a legal commitment (you actually sign a document, go back and look through the closing docs) that you will owner occupy the property for at least 12 months.All I am hearing is you complaining about lenders/agencies not understanding your perceived need.

Article from HousingWire:The National Association of Realtors drew a line in the sand between homebuyers and investors, but one investor says he’s had enough.NAR made its stance on investors clear on several occasions: Investors are creating more competition for first-time homebuyers, possibly even keeping them from homeownership.Back in January, the initial public offering for Blackstone Group’s single-family rental operator, Invitation Homes, became one step closer to reality, as the company disclosed the terms of its initial public offering.What was unusual about this deal was the fact that it happened with the backing of mortgage giant Fannie Mae, as noted in the Wall Street Journal.NAR did not wait long to criticize the GSE, sending a letter to Mel Watt, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, according to an article by Lorraine Woellert for POLITICO.

. - It's mobile - We add/update/edit transactions from our phones or other computers. - Since much of the industry is going toward cloud and software as a service, that's why they're pushing it so much.

It would be nice if there is an mobile app to use as well.

-Get connected with local investor friendly real estate agents through open agency relationship ( the one where only the agent who found the deal is entitled for commission split ).

Right now, I am now looking at current properties priced at $111k with 20% down, 3 bdrm and in a “B” neighborhood in either Birmingham or Mobile.

Apartments, mobile home park,laundromat, car wash......