Some opt to not do it once they realize the detail involved of the process.

Sometimes those vacancies consume the profit you made on the short term rental.As to making the choice based upon the market, it's tough to say.

If you have a fairly significant assignment fee, you might opt for a double close to limit bad feelings from your buyer as well as the seller.  

While Account Closed is correct, many of the job losses are in service based industries, they provide a nice chunk of consumer demand...meaning if they don't spend, executive job cuts would hit as well.

Pay off all high-interest consumer debt.3.

Even if this was a feasible idea it would consume almost 15 hours per week.

This presents a unique opportunity with many investors opting to press the pause button for a minute, opening the door for other investors who are still looking for deals. 

Technology makes it not as time consuming in some ways, but it still takes time to build a client base and work your business.If you do decide to invest and become licensed, there are some advantages to being both.

Was difficult and time consuming to find a deal in my price range with a VA loan in my area because the market is hot and people seem to be willing to overpay.

For every property we purchased, we "saved" anywhere from 2-2.5% because we would opt for lowering the sale price instead of collecting our "commission".