You can feel free to check out our website to get a sense of it all...Oakwood Lending (we do loans in NC--so things might be different in D.C.).Is it typical that private lenders do not allow the loan to be paid off early?   

The vast majority of buildings will allow you to self-manage (AirBNB/VRBO) or use a third-party management company to oversee operations. 

This allows the option of holding the properties until selling makes the most sense for me. 

There is also a Portfolio program that allows for 15% down on any 2-4 unit Multifamily investment rentals.

., tax lien) is sold at auction, are charged 18% per annum.197.432    Sale of tax certificates for unpaid taxes.(6) Each certificate shall be awarded to the person who will pay the taxes, interest, costs, and charges and will demand the lowest rate of interest, not in excess of the maximum rate of interest allowed by this chapter. [...]Translation: Florida is a bid-down interest rate state. 

There are loans that allow you to use projected short term rental income to qualify as well.

More Federal Reserve officials at their meeting last month signaled concern with cutting interest rates too soon and allowing price pressures to grow entrenched.

Let's just say, the value in PMing my own properties is really only available because of the control it allows me to exert and maintain things to my own expectations.And those expectations are also why, for me personally, even with checks and balances, outsourcing is not an option.  

It's not the best but it is a lot better than most of the Free Real Estate softwares I have seen, but this is because I make sure the software allows me to create Journal Entries, in case adjustments need to be made.

If we were to ask a realtor, they usually give us the 'neutral' answer because they're not allowed to discriminate, etc (or so I've been told?)