Personally I'm very independent so I like being where the buck stops so to speak, not to mention that early in my career my broker withheld a commission, which I later got back in court but all but $1k of it was eaten up in attorney's fees, so that soured me on the whole broker thing.Another thing to consider is here in Hawaii, if you have personal rentals, your broker has to hold your deposits and receive rents, which I would never do having seven properties of my own.

As you have to get them locked up at a steep enough discount where there is enough room for you to make a few bucks and the investor. 

@Mitchell Bell If there isn't holes/tears in the carpet, you could always get a carpet cleaning company to come in, and for a few hundred bucks give it a good cleaning, to get out any stains or odors from the carpet.

The biggest bang for your buck will be to contact every agent in your office that has a new listing (that isn’t already under contract) and offer to host an open house for them.

And bang for its buck, it goes a ways in increasing property value too.

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Cost definitely would be a factor but I'd like to know which company has the best bang for the buck.

Use the enemy method and if you think it’ll make a few bucks let it rip!

Private lender is someone you know or meet personally who just happens to have a few extra bucks they like to get working they are not in the business to make loans.

It will need some time for the technology to mature so the product is a bit better than what it currently is to make an impact I think but the only properties at risk would be the lower quality inventory on the market IMO