All of these properties are traditionally financed, 30 yr term, with no outside investment (except the first house with my brother).I'd buy again in Tennessee, but I think I need to improve my legal protection and lease.  

So with a traditional buyer the tenants would have 50 days at the most.

I'm definitely not concerned with giving them quality service since this will be my primary market, I was more concerned that the relocation company would have the final say of who they could use as an agent.

Can I go with a traditional lender?

Primary focused on residential flips and partnering with HML servicing the region.  

I'm kind of just starting out, shooting to buy a minimum of 3 rental properties this year, I purchased one rental last year plus own my primary residence two years ago.  

I'd be the primary on the mortgage and own the rentals. 

Hello everyone,I currently own one rental, a primary residence and looking to buy a third property (preferably a duplex).

According to The Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) which began in 1971, October of 1981 rates were 18.45% and November/December of 2012 rates were 3.35%. 

@Daniel Gonzalez's approach also isn't crazy.You can mix them:If you find a deal on redfin/mls/whatever, you're using that agent for doing normal agent things and they earned their check.If you find it on your own, or if another agent brings you that deal and sells it to you, that means they closed the sale and earned that check.Your primary go-to person needs to be exactly one agent at a time to be fair.