So I cut the pipe and try to remove the fitting .

You do have a shopping window where you can look for the mortgage that best fits your needs. 

We don’t care about whether we pay sellers asking price or not as long it fits our number.

If someone has the credit score, down payment, and debt-to-income ratio that fits conventional standards then they will be able to buy multiple properties personally at once.

Interview as many brokerages as you can and then pick the one that fits your goals.

As an example: I'm a very conservative investor, so offerings that I think are fantastic will look terrible to an aggressive investor (and vice versa).I think if you are an aggressive investor, both of those platforms might be a fit for you.

I had heard of them as a property management app, but apparently they do home loans as well.

Do you know which neighborhoods will fit your criteria?

So I currently have a townhouse and we are going to buy something that fits our family a little better in a few months. 

I particularly like the value-add strategy since it puts equity growth within my control.At the end of the day you can be successful in real estate investing 50 different ways so it just comes down to deciding which strategy is the best fit for you.