If title is waiting on something from the seller, don't wait for title, call the seller and offer to walk them through whatever paperwork is needed.

Essentially, I was getting paid for real-world experience that I really desired and could use down the road when I wanted to house hack and own a portfolio of rentals.

I have never done one myself so cannot give you a step-by-step but essentially you start paying the mortgage for the seller.

You could absolutely become an agent and use that to your advantage to become an investor, you eliminate the middle man essentially, but you do have to have a broker to hang your license and that means fees.

There are lines of credit out there that essentially provide easier access to short term financing, but the up front commitment fee the broker quoted you  is way high.  

So essentially, it doesn't make a difference (as long as it's not a short sale) except for the fact that it's good to know the liens on the property that aren't mortgage and good to know the mortgage to make sure they get what they need out of the deal.P.S.

@Nicolas Biangel Hi Nicolas, on the blanket loans that I've financed (which are essentially cross collateralized assets on one note) each property is assigned a loan value and if an investor wants to sell/refinance a property out of the blanket, there is a typically a release cost associated with it.

STRs tend to suffer during downturns and this will be compounded by the avoidance of non-essential travel by many Americans.

Seller has help to get get all the paperwork in order then closes without an attorney of record.

We aired it out, washed the floors and walls, used an ozone generator, deep cleaned everything, aired it out, painted, aired it out again and essential oils at the end sealed the deal.