I use Zillow to find tenants, conduct the background searches, and for rent payment.I use Stessa to track my portfolio personally (i.e.

I am gathering all my resources , first of all and listening to different videos but the price is very expensive for a person that doesn't have it.

Personally, I don’t have income but have cash.

Last time I looked the laws read In order to practice any kind of property management (applies to STR technically but is kinda gray area) in Alaska you need to be a licensed agent under a Broker unless you manage 4 or fewer units or if they are your personal units.

The person who recommended it to me has success with it here, I just haven't been able reach her lately

I'd recommend doing a little tax planning with your person this year to establish a timeline so you don't accidentally lose out on this by playing with timing a little.

But in this case it might be worth doing.I could send you a handful of folks I talked to and know, including the person that did mine (although not sure they do sub $100k loans).

Thanks @John Mckee  - we did end up just giving them a proposal that built in their agent's fee (and then some).This was a good lesson for us - at first we took it personally but then realized that the tenant just doesn't want to deal with (or has no expertise in) deal(ing) with it and they really don't care what they end up paying.

If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.

Ask for a list of these lenders from the person that taught you that and a list of past deals.