Together, we negotiated favorable terms with the seller, ensuring a swift and beneficial transaction.

I presume you are trying to "add value" in terms of increasing cash flow, not in terms of increasing the value of the home (for you to later cash out refinance)?

Offer the seller a first lien on your town house of say $300k, and a short term first lien on his house of $300k.  

I am now approaching 115+ days since assignment on my first 3 deals and because I am in NYS, my attorney tells me that I cannot even speak to buyer’s or seller’s attorneys due to “breach of contract”.I lost my first deal in fact because we were hindering on 130 days since assignment (should have been long closed) and the city decided to demo before we closed and were able to takeover in court. 

Since I cannot find a way to talk to someone over the phone on Zillow I contacted them about this via email, where every response takes a very long time.

Together, we negotiated favorable terms with the seller, ensuring a swift and beneficial transaction.

One bed+bath upstairs, two beds + one bath in a finished basement.Fast forward 5 years (after the long term tenant of 4 years left) and I get a report that the basement has been ruined from water intrusion, requiring the entire basement to be gutted and re-finished.

I manage Short and long term rentals.

Contrary to multiple letter writing campaigns and already being historically the 4th highest state an overall tax burden according to the Tax Foundation, Vermont‘s legislature has apparently just increased the state M&R tax to 12% which appears to bump it up to the 4th most taxed state in the country for short term rentals, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures: 1.

They are short term rentals @Marie Grabo. :) I would take some time and check AirBNB and VRBO directly and see what others are charging nightly, what their amenities are and what their calendars look like.You can compare that with the AirDNA results and get a better idea.