Cross-post on Facebook GroupsSearch for and post in local groups like:“Fort Myers Seasonal Rentals”“SWFL Travel Nurses Housing”“Snowbirds Rentals Florida”You can often find direct tenants this way and avoid platform fees.3.

Besides that, most of it is either stupid obvious or irrelevant to 90% of investor transactions. 

My longest one was also 3 or 4 years and had to do with being landlocked title company defended and finally worked out a LICENSE to cross state lands to a public road so we could sell but that was not easy..

Even the cross-collateralization method would typically still require some down payment. 

The East border is mostly rural. 

We're building our network and would love to connect with investors cross the country to share ideas and possibly collaborate down the road.

@Reggie SmithRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

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I will caveat this with the fact that I am fiercely libertarian and detest the idea of the government being involved at all in a transaction between two parties, but that's just my $0.02.

This will create a conflict of interest and will be considered a prohibited transaction.