Everyone always tries to minimize their cost of money; no argument -- but there is also value in speed, reliability, and a high LTV.Even experienced borrowers have lenders who flake out at the last minute or are just not setup to perform quickly on a regular basis.

Refer the leads over to real estate agents, L/O experts and so on..

Here is what I was referring to - it applies when your residence is converted to rental use:http://www.irs.gov/publications/p551/ar02.html#en_US_2010_publink1000257022

I'll need this info regularly so it would be worth my subscribing to one of the services

Are they are regular renter or section 8??

It also varies by state, but the minimum I know of is that you have to warranty the home ( I assume you are referring to SFH) for 1 full year, I have heard of other states requiring 5 year warranties but haven't validated that.

Those are more painful than regular sales, too, because the banks who have to approve the short make it painful.

The best I can do is WAIT for a buyer who can get a regular mortgage, instead of a buyer who wants this property NOW.

You can also take pet damage out of the regular deposit so why bother with a separate pet deposit.Have you read the leases?

For references to property managers it seems I would probably would need to do that.