I think handwritten cards are great, but what's your pull to push your buyer success into listings.

It would only be a couple hundred dollars for a ton of business card connections you can make.

This system works great, especially if you use a specific/separate business credit card and bank account. 

We go so far as to bring a card table and folding chairs with applications and collect app fees right at the showing.  

These days, most people have a foreclosure on their records, or a bankruptcy, or a short sale, or a late credit card."

Megan,  Greetings!  

Selling the cute little rental could mean some debt reduction and other opportunity, or it could mean disaster, if I dont play the cards exactly right I will not be able to afford my own home mortgages.  

Dave Ramsey bashes credit cards.

@Tom Daniels   You do not have to pay anyone $3,200 to apply for zero interest credit cards. 

Both of these options make the higher interest rate and lower down payment favorable.I have enough savings to fund the renovation in cash, but I used a Chase credit card with 0% APR for 15 months.