Have engaged with two different agents on property24 on what could be very promising deals (according to the numbers) but the agents are just not as responsive.

At different price points in the retail investment market, smaller private investors often pay cash to leverage 1031 tax-deferred exchanges and focus on long-term investments for estate planning purposes.

During that period, the number of closings fell for seven consecutive quarters before rebounding 74% over the ensuing two years.Additionally, the $24 billion in maturing CMBS loans this year could stimulate sales activity as the interest rate environment will likely be much different from their rates at origination.

Things like learning my local market,becoming familiar with different zip codes, not having to pay commission fees, building more relationships among other various things.   

What do I need to do differently in regard to screening, writing up a lease, and actual management of this property? 

In most cases you cannot charge two different tenants for the same time period (double dip).Pet fees/pet rent: Local laws vary, but there are often addiitonal deposits, fees, or rent for allowing pets that don't qualify as service animals or emotional support animals.

Its not just buy a place and toss it on Airbnb; its a business and it requires knowledge, resources, and recognizing that there are many different ways to have an STR business if you want the ROI. 

It’s almost a 2 year difference from the time I bought the land to the time when I’ll be able to move in.

The institionalized players typically have 100-200 BPS lower rates than standard hard money lending players but they're clunky and have lots of requirements its almost like the instituional HML should be called "hybrid hard money or hybrid bridge money," because of all these requirements.When we're working with those instutionalized players we usually have to do almost as much work as a conventional loan (1-4 fannie, not quite but almost as much).If you'd like to learn more about the different options or get a sounding board on what options are out there feel free to reach out and we can talk shop.

Identify actual buyer who is willing/able to pay at least negotiated price, plus finder/transfer fee ($5-10k, for example); create a contract with end-buyer that identifies finder/transfer fee, agreement to complete purchase, and assigns difference (if any) of contract price and end-buyer price to self4.