However investors like myself got wind of the increasing travel & extremely cheap real estate & took advantage.

Red flags came to my mind, when he put on the estimate a 3.5 Interest rate and me being extremely well qualified I should be getting market rate.

@John Kunick extremely helpful.

We live in Del Norte County, CA and the housing market is extremely tight. 

Sure don't waste their time by going to see lots of properties when you aren't ready to pull the trigger but they can set up alerts from the MLS so you get emails about new properties and can start to get a sense of the market.

Having the integration they offer (lease customization, for rent postings, tenant screening, collection of rents, etc.) seems like a powerful tool especially with the extremely nominal costs associated with each one.Has anyone used either (or both) options and if so, what has been your experience with them? 

As a owner/seller without a realtor, I was wondering if I could list a home on MLS while under contract due to extreme demands from the buyer.

You have to be even more careful now more than ever with the properties that you take on for flips because what I've been seeing in the Chicago market is rehabs taking longer due to orders being extremely backed up and overall costing a lot more money. 

If you are doing sketchy things, keeping bad records or your tax professional is extremely creative; be careful.

EXTREMELY expensive and its in their best interest to have the highest price for the job, terrible , just terrible how PM cos out there treat clients .