There is an amazing difference in knowledge, skill, and experience between long term agents with whom real estate is their career (life) and the agent whose in real estate because he’s a career SALESMAN selling the hottest thing; you know, the guy who’ll be selling oil well drilling participations next year, and advertising services the year after. 

It allows you to ease into being a landlord, gain experience managing tenants, do repairs and property maintenance without the pressure of a tight flip timeline and while you're getting comfortable as a landlord, you can gradually build your real estate team.

Other expenses that I've incurred are 2 1/2 months worth of credit monitoring through Score Sense at $40 per bill and a 23% APR personal loan of $2,800 to absorb a balance that I already owe on another credit card which was at a 0% introductory APR for another 6 months so now I have toxic debt thanks to their underwriters.

The leak was pretty severe and ended up going into the garage, so we had to dry out and ventilate the garage as well. 

I would also recommend checking out Airbnb/VRBO (for 30+ day stays) as well as Zillow.

That's exactly how a lender or creditor would treat the situation, as well.

Just curious what anyone's results have been hiring someone direct from one of the mentioned sites vs the more expensive well known SEO companies. 

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I'd really tell folks to prioritize getting the location of the property and their systems in place well vetted before playing ball.

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