Vacasa takes a huge cut of the profits.

It did take about 60 days to close, but whatever, they were a nice couple that loved the house and he served our country.

You should also involve Vrbo if something comes up that is beyond your control.I personally have never had to cancel a booking, so I don't see this as a big deal.This must be an issue for them to come up with these rules.Preparation H has a warning that says no to take orally, probably because someone did do this, so they had to create the warning.  

Normally folks in those price points simply dont have the money to fully litigate and no attorney is going to take it on contingency.. so you basically out spend them  and then you guys settle.

Because the market is good for selling it’s hard to not take the 40K payout vs the 100/month cash flow. 

In general it's a passive way to own real estate as the tenant takes care of the headaches and cost of repairs in most situations. 

As a Realtor, I know I could actually legally take them to court to get them to close, but it wasn't worth it obviously.

But if you want to go faster, there are two things that will help by getting your foot in the door with house hacking.First, is over time you'll build equity and can eventually refinance and take that cash to use as down payments.Second, if you want to use private lenders, virtually all of them other than family and close friends will want to see a track record.

I need to rush, but definitely take the steps to learn for yourself what matters most to you and who makes you feel the most comfortable.  

We do self storage, country subdivisions and land in Belize for Teak and secondary value.Whether the U.S. or Belize we take a buyers market approach.