Direct call/contact or work through realtor? 

Below is a list of the states and their requirements for prepay AL Alabama Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleAK Alaska No N/A N/A N/AAR Arkansas Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleAZ Arizona Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleCA California Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleCO Colorado Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleCT Connecticut Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleDC District of Columbia Yes 2 months interest on prepaid amt that exceeds 1/3 of original UPB36 Months Refinance or saleDE Delaware Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleFL Florida Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleGA Georgia Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleHI Hawaii Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleIA Iowa Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleID Idaho Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleIL Illinois Yes No restrictions None Refinance or sale Borrower must be corporation if interest rate is > 8%IN Indiana Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleKS Kansas Yes No restrictions 6 months Refinance or saleKY Kentucky Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleLA Louisiana Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleMA Massachusetts Yes No restrictions 36 Months Refinance or saleMD Maryland Yes No restrictions 36 Months Refinance or saleME Maine Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleMI Michigan Yes 1% of amount prepaid 36 Months Refinance or saleMN Minnesota Yes Lesser of (i) 2% of UPB or (ii) 60 days of interest 42 Months Refinance only PPP restrictions only apply to loans within conforming limits MO Missouri Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleMS Mississippi Yes 5% of UPB if prepaid in months 1-124% of UPB if prepaid in months 13-243% of UPB if prepaid in months 25-362% of UPB if prepaid in months 37-481% of UPB if prepaid in months 49-6060 Months Refinance or saleMT Montana Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleNC North Carolina Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleND North Dakota Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleNE Nebraska Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleNH New Hampshire Yes No restrictions Refinance or saleNJ New Jersey Yes No restrictions None Refinance or sale Borrower must be corporation if interest rate is > 6%NM New Mexico No N/A N/A N/ANV Nevada Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleNY New York Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleOH Ohio Yes 1% of original UPB 60 Months Refinance or saleOK Oklahoma Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleOR Oregon Yes No restrictions None Refinance or salePA Pennsylvania Yes No restrictions None Refinance or sale Not permitted for loans less than base amount ($312,178)RI Rhode Island Yes 1-4 Purchase: 2% during first year only.Otherwise, no restrictionsPurchase: 12 months Refinance: 60 monthsSC South Carolina Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleSD South Dakota Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleTN Tennessee Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleTX Texas Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleUT Utah Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleVA Virginia Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleVT Vermont No N/A N/A N/AWA Washington Yes No restrictions PPP on ARM cannot extend beyond 60 days prior to the initial rate change dateRefinance or saleWI Wisconsin Yes No restrictions None Refinance or sale No PPP permitted on ARMSWV West Virginia Yes No restrictions None Refinance or saleWY Wyoming Yes No restrictions None Refinance or sale Are you a direct lender or broker?

Looking for some direction on what to do next.

I appreciate any leads!

In my case, at the end of their lease when I wanted to show the property to prospective long term tenants, the tenant gave me all kinds of grief about 'invading her privacy' and 'disrupting her life' even though I told her at the beginning of the lease that this was our procedure and I made every attempt to 1) give 48 hr lead times, when typically I would only give 24, and 2) blocked/scheduled showings for 1 day per week and 1 weekend day away from dinner time/church times, etc. maybe this was just the person I was dealing with though...- vet the tenant exactly as you would for a normal tenant.

It is likely they will simply tell their atty they don't want to pay, he will say they're likely liable, but you are already demonstrating an unwillingness to litigate so the result is their direction to the atty will be simply stall and delay knowing that you're probably not going to sue...especially as you get deeper and deeper into this your resolve wears thin. 

The likelihood that a PML lends on a deal with no capital invested by the investor is rare and get even worse when you start using strategies like OPM and the like as these deals are usually over-leveraged and can lead to serious repercussions for those that have that "skin in the game".

that's the best way to get started.investing in properties directly is actually not all that passive. 

You reference Costar directly, but as another member already shared, Costar is simply a data collection tool that commercial re brokers use to evaluate properties for themselves and their clients.

We are fairly new to real estate investing we have 2 long terms and want to buy our first STR we would love to connect with an experienced STR investor that self manages.