Strategic pricing is key to closing deals quickly.The median time to contract has stretched to 29 days, up 20.8% from last year.

Given that, we would get an immediate boost in cash flow which will also be very predictable month to month and save myself a bunch of time managing my property managers and dealing with the ups an downs of active real estate.

If the City has put an ordinance in place they're going to enforce it 99% of the time.

That's a lot of time driving back and forth. 

I put Branson because that is what I am near, but I am interested in lots of areas, mainly Florida.Are rates really so bad right now that a first time STR buyer with 20% Down should not even try? 

We love NJ but it's time to go, this state is expensive with tons of competition. 

Our main hesitation is simply that we feel that pets will cause additional damage, odors, etc..If we were to consider this, what are you currently charging for fees, either one-time or additional monthly fee(s)?

You will never know that it is actually a guy from Nigeria behind a keyboard.Dangerous times.

Feel free to reach out any time!

A good broker can communicate between multiple lenders and often times has established relationships within the C-suite levels of multiple lenders that they can make calls on your behalf to "shake some trees" and get things processed not just in a timely manner, but in a manner that is on time based on what you are trying to do.Unfortunately it is not uncommon per se, but knowing where these hang-ups tend to happen and how to time everything based on lenders timelines and processes is where it can be helpful to have 'go to' lenders that you are familiar with, and they are familiar with you to help get things done.Good luck though, happy to help where/if I can.