All rental income should be directed to a dedicated operating account.2.

We track properties using the customer feature.

Really simple things that should have been easily taken care of by customer service but I could not get them to understand the problem I was encountering and it would take days to get a response.

The real question has to do with  if you are prepared to do what's required to learn the foundations of real estate investing, strategies, tactics, financing, title, escrow, marketing, deal structuring, develop acquisition systems, investors, associate networks and management of properties, rent collection, cash flow, taxes, etc.This is all took me a lot longer than one year, but you might be very dedicated. 

They often offer more flexible terms and customized interest rates and repayment schedules.

Also you have to constantly look for customers and you competing with highly competitive hard money lenders.Lendng under $50k is great idea because most HML don't do loans less then 100k.So I found that traditional real estate is much more passive and easier but I still be interested in private lending on a deal to deal basis I such deal falls into my inbox and it passes all check and balances. 

Shannon,I have some customers that purchased in and around Salisbury, NC and they have found some good deals in terms of purchase price to cash flow ratio on investment rentals.

You'd need to create custom Tags to make it work, which isn't hard, but its a bit more time consuming.

Then I got a reference to a company that has a whole group dedicated to wholesalers.

Nice to see 2 endorsements, especially from long term customers.