If you paid with cash or checks - you need to send them 1099-NEC.I know they won't give you W9s after the fact, but at least try: send emails or texts requesting them.

Another reason to send it by mail is in many cases you will be deducting damages from deposit.  

I was made aware this weekend by one of the investors on our Facebook group that Marco Santarelli on June 18th, 2024, held a "web seminar" again soliciting investors.

I am doing some direct mail marketing in IE, LA county, Riverside county and OC county. 

Reach out to the Marcus & Millichap offices in Columbus/Cleveland and have one of the MMCC commercial mortgage brokers produce a few quotes for you.If you don't have the time to research contact info / programs for 25-50 different lenders and make the calls/emails necessary to obtain optimal financing, hire a broker.

Once you've been preapproved, you can find an investor-focused agent in your market that will set you up with an email list of properties that match your criteria. 

I feel like a complete idiot, as I am not a newbie at all but had recently moved to Illinois, and most of the usual lenders I use do not lend here.The broker will now not respond to any calls, texts or emails.

Yes, sometimes there is big buys or whatever and a bit of a balance is carried but I NEVER, N-E-V-E-R get cozy with carrying a balance, paying at minimum or holding a financed balance for 90 days or more.

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Next up I would give AirBNB a call or send an email and ask them about it.