Luckily, we've got some guests who have already secured September-November for us because of the local attractions/events. 

The good faith deposit may be refundable if they are not able to secure you with the terms they represent but a good faith deposit like anything else is negotiable, possibly less a nominal processing fee.

I understood it to mean pretty much what is wrote above but my lender said she couldn't lend on it so I asked if we could do a re-fi on a SFR that we own and that's how we ended up doing it. 

As you mentioned, there are some excellent capital raisers on BP...and the concern is not the model, just the candor.Yes that's what I mentioned you need to be in management and part of the GP team.. or an employee . in our state we could have two employees raise money and we just had to register them with the Division of corporate securities in Oregon... but just running around making referrals to syndicators with nothing more than a commission agreement does not work unless your licensed properly.. there are many boutique series 7 firms out there that specialize in this stuff.

My question is this: Should I secure a property management company to cover the land lording duties on my first couple of deals. 

If she backs out before the predetermined date do I make her responsible for rent fee, or just keep her security deposit?

Showing him the numbers of course is the best way to secure this deal.

I believe this takes 3-5 days unless the sender opts for Instant Transfer and pays a fee.I think Zelle is the least expensive, fastest and most secure method of all these online methods.

Per Fannie:If the mortgage loan being delivered to Fannie Mae is secured by the borrower’s principal residence, there are no limitations on the number of other properties that the borrower will have financed.

NOTE:  Their security deposit still needs to be the non-discounted rent total!