Now if you find an unhappy closer with a following and offer of a percentage of the business you might get some interest if you can convince them your business experience is relatable to title insurance. 

In DFW, Dallas, and Fort Worth I would only consider a short term rent situation for homes around the downtown areas, sports arenas, and DFW airport.Cons: Unreliable/low income during off-season.More cleaningNo guaranteed incomeUtilities and cleaning increase price needed per nightLong term rentalPros: Guaranteed income every monthUtilities are covered by tenantLess noise, drama, etc if tenant screening is thorough - short term renters are most likely on a holiday so a high percentage will be partyingMuch more passive incomeCons:Short term MAY have higher income depending on every other factor listed above.

Depending on how much money you are looking at in taxes you might want to engage one of them, they get paid as a percentage of what they save you. 

When we did use the yard signs, a large percentage of the calls & showings were tire kickers - people who lived 2 houses down and were just nosy types - or completely unqualified to rent.

What percentage of expiring leases will renew their lease each month?

What percentage of expiring leases will renew their lease each month?

What percentage should I expect to put down? 

They take your loan and put it in a portfolio with a 1000 other loans.Then they sell it off with a predictable yield.If someone wants to refi/prepay, they just can't take that loan out of the portfolio, they need to replace it with something that gives the same yield.When there was a lower percentage of refi/prepays, they had sufficient reserves, however, at <3% rates they're getting all kinds of pre-pay/refi requests now.Not enough reserves means higher fees to increase them.

I paid a percentage of the profits for the private money and standard payments/payoff for the hard money loan.This is an effective structure to start.

First, typically in this kind of deal you're offer units rather than percentages.