Rent it out as an STR when we are not using it to cover the mortgage and bonus cashflow although our main objective is to have it pay itself.

I just got an offer from AMEX for a business card that gets 2% cash back and $500 bonus in first year for certain spend levels.

We sold and had the bonus of currency exchange behind our transaction, and made a nice profit. 

Bonus Tip: Dont discriminate against the animals.

My philosophy is no one gets a paycheck their first day on a new job (other than a sign-on bonus).ABSOLUTELY NO ONE !!!

In house, they can push a property out to hundreds of agents with at-a-boys, benefits, bonuses, all kinds of games can be played in house.  

Remember time is money and they need to see the need to hurry, heck if they take your offer you could "sweeten" it when negotiating start and end times by offering a "bonus" for early completion. 

I started my current position 3 years ago this May, in that 3 years I have increased my base salary $20K as well as added virtually unlimited Bonus potential which added almost $20k in additional income last year. 

Have you purchased any of the book bundles and felt the bonuses were worth it?

Our seller purchased the house as a 3 bed/ 2 bath with with a bonus room (the basement was finished in 2009 and ALL of the utilities were updated ).