It depends what your goal is and what deals you are looking for.in my case i wanted to cut the time it took me to do due diligence on properties sold at auction so that I could go through as many properties as posible to be able to compete with funds that had teams doing this. 

I would recommend finding a lender that works specifically with DSCR loans or at least is competent with them.If you have the cash but not the income this would be the best route for you. 

That way I am not running the roads competing with wholesalers....No way!

In the fall a few big players started putting out big pools again but he says it wasn't as much as a year ago.

I posted this a while ago but I know this is a relatively new thing so there are a lot of new players popping up over the last couple years.I need to skip trace roughly 100,000 property owners in one batch.I'm familiar with BatchSkipTracing and YellowLetterHQ (the latter being half the cost listed online).

They simply cannot compete with us.

Along the same lines you are in competition in the real estate business with people who use other models and your challenge is going to be competing and making money on the same playing field as someone who is using a different model maybe completely opposite of yours.I say if your model makes you money and gives you inner peace about who you are as a human being, then that"s great go for it.Just keep in mind that not everyone subscribes by your model and you will be fine.Good luck and I hope you and your husband are very successful in your journey.

Also, it helps to have a competent agent who thoroughly understands the FHA 203k loan and what it entails. 

the money is made in brokerages if you can scale big time with agents then SELL to the bigger players . as for PM..

This is supposed to be changing lately but Panama can't compete because it's too far from North America compared to Mexico and the Dominican Republic.