My two friends and I have done extensive research into real estate and it looks like the least capital intensive form of RE investing is in Wholesaling. 

She's had a lot of experience using direct mail successfully and has written extensively on the topic for the BP blog.

I agree with other posters I would schedule a meeting to collect the security deposit and sign the lease as soon as you can after selecting her.

The repayment terms for a 401k participant loan are equal monthly/quarterly payments of principal and interest (typically prime plus 1%) over a 5 year term (longer if used to acquire your principal residence).Please note that if you take a full $50,000 and then pay back the loan, you can't take another $50,000 until 12 months after the first loan was fully paid back.Per the loan offset rules that went into effect with the 2018 Tax and Job Act: if you leave your job and the loan is current at the time you leave your job but then the loan goes into default because you left your job, you will have until your tax return deadline (including any timely filed extension) to make the loan current by depositing the outstanding balance into an IRA (and thereby avoid the taxes and penalties that would otherwise apply).Please keep in mind the multiple loan rules:Under those rules, the sum of the balances of a participant's outstanding 401k loans under a single 401k plan (using the highest outstanding balance of each loan over the last 12 months) can't exceed 50% or $50,000 whichever is less.

I have also read that they will try to hold you hostage for lease extensions by demanding you accept less in rent if you want the extension.

There are only a handful worth looking at, and those that are are highly selective regarding the projects they list. 

I put 10% down on my condo and did the FHA 203(k) loan for my house where we did an extensive remodel, addition, and converted the garage into the ADU.Under $600K is getting to be pretty impossible in the valley without making sacrifices on location (such as busy streets, etc). 

According to FHA guidelines in HUD SFH 4000.1, the lender is responsible for selecting the 203k consultant ... not the borrower.

Select Recently Sold Option3. 

Unless you are in a war zone and this is the cream of crop for selection then it really doesn't make sense.No legal advice given.