Thanks for the response, I'm just a real estate agent right now, but I was thinking about getting a MLO license to service my personal purchases to make them more affordable.

Shops, oil change, tire repair, etc. 

Do you have any resource recommendations to learn how to estimate repair costs on a house?

The ones with only dials are much easier to repair and don’t break nearly as easily.

@Gerald J Flattmann III Hello, I service the San Tan Valley and Apache Junction area for investors and provide Property Management in the same.20 years in Arizona, all residential in the SE Valley with the last 6 as Property Management.I manage everything from single family to 12 plex at this time.

BUT, the mere fact that you are attempting to place a lender in a position in which they will now ostracize all other non-LGBTQ customers is a clear violation of the same regulations put in place to protect you and all other cousmers in the first place and is why they will decline to work with you in this manner... you are forcing them to encroach on the rights of other cosumers to access their services, which is a violation of the cosumer safety regulations impossed on them.  

Quote from @Bruce Woodruff: It's not just about saving money IMHO...it's also about getting out from under their (Air and VRBO) control, regulations, cumbersome and guest friendly customer service et al... 

From my experience, most property managers charge the following:-6%-10% of the gross rents-Cost of turnover-Mark up on all repairs-Costs to renew leasesCould you self manage?

The home needs LOTS of updating and some repairs.

Then do the repair at some future date.