A lot of manpower is lost.As we approach our busy section 8 season (for us April - July) I am looking for better ways (more affordable and efficient options to the investors bottom line) to plan for and execute the workload which may include hiring someone that has section 8 experience to handle our CHA inspections(and associated maintenance work) or a company that we can outsource when the weeks get slammed with inspections. 

Some don’t report their off-market business like FSBO sales for MLS stats as it’s not required and many don’t care about stats.

You’d require a license for both of those.

I like option #2 but you might not be able to buy too many homes with just $75,000.You might be able to get into some decent properties in the $200,000 range in those cities which would require 20% down which is $40,000.If you had $25,000 ontop of the $75,000 HELOC, you might be afford the downpayment, closing costs and a small rehab budget.Best of luck!

@Theresa Harris the ruling require exclusivity to the listing agent’s listings… one just becomes a client of the agent, who you happen to meet at one of their listings.  

There are lots of Youtube videos that go through the details for Inspections and Reserve Requirements here.

I also think you should be required to be licensed.

My friend has a property but I think he is unsure about the STR regulations/requirement and that's why he is not considering STR arbitrage, but would be open to MTR. 

When you rent, maintenance/cap ex, insurance, pm, vacancy, misc are included in the rent. 

Something like that where you are paying a la cart fees that are applied at close under the buyer-broker agreement and commission agreement.Its going to be fun to figure out this year and next, I’m building basically a subscription based brokerage right now anyways where they sign up for the “plan” that suits them which will require the mandated buyer-broker agreement and commission schedule.