Fannie and Freddie guidelines are available online to anyone so you really do t have to take lenders word, but For short term rental you need a two year history to average.They don’t treat it as a standard rental.

On line they will also have the current usage/zoning  for the subject.

Then go online and find that areas municipal code and start reading through it.

You do not have to sign a new lease.Establish a free google phone number and tie it to your LLC and ZelleHACC has a change of ownership form that you can download online.

Don't just rely on an online credit/background check!

(Yes) We could shop at a place 50 times and have one bad experience and then go give them a terrible tongue lashing online.

Does anyone have or recommend any calculators (online or excel) for seeing numbers on rentals, BRRRRs, short-term, etc?

I want to move to east coast in around 3 years and considering Raleigh (RTP area - Cary, Morrisville, Apex), North Carolina as an option as I have studied there and like it, and Pittsburgh, PA. I

Try doing it when mortgage rates are 6-8%, NOBODY you know or have ever talked to is doing is, there are no books in the library, no such thing as Bigger pockets, no Zillow, no online MLS, heck maybe no internet.

Are they mostly meeting online?