With both units being occupied and with only a few days remaining before the auction closed, I took a gamble and placed a bid. 

I have been working with Anderson Advisors and they are out of Nevada, but have experience in every state, have a great online platform for their clients, and specialize in real estate transaction.

Type in "property management software" and you'll find about 4,372 threads discussing this topic over and over and over again.Cozy.co and Tenantcloud.com are two oft-mentioned platforms that are free or extremely cheap and easy to use.

All the MLS mergers, online ad platforms, home search tools and apps in the world won’t mean much if no one picks up the phone or answers email.But once buyers and sellers get over this hurdle, there is a much bigger issue plaguing the industry: the real estate transaction process.

With a few weeks under your belt, you are gambling on knowing the values of the properties and if the numbers truly work.

I have a couple of questions:- is it necessary to have a presence on all platforms?

By the way, know your numbers is extremely important, tools like Biggerpockets calculators could help.Stay open-mindedIf you never trade stock or do any kind of gambling, lucky for you.

So knowing that we wouldn't need a variance to turn the attic into a 3rd legal unit, we gambled and took out the rehab loan to maximize the potential of the house.

I have not used them, but they've received pretty good reviews across multiple platforms [to include consumer advocate]. 

It's a gamble.