Management Fee usually the best route for us in Canada.

It does include a fee for my time as GC (I've made that mistake more than once, live and learn) and all finance related costs for 12 months. 

Ask if they've considered sellingOther good indicators of motivation:Absentee owners (they live somewhere else)High tax debt relative to property valueCode violations stacked on topFor disclosure, in most states you don't have to say "I'm a wholesaler," but you do need to be upfront that you're an investor and may assign the contract.

Yeah scraping Auction is smart but the real edge is what you do with the data after it lands in your lap.If you already have Apify pulling all new foreclosures each morning, I’d tighten it up by baking your buy box into the scraper so it only keeps stuff that roughly pencils in, like estimated ARV times 0.7 minus a ballpark rehab and fees still leaves you with your target equity.

Short-term capital is extremely effective when the exit is clearly defined upfront.From a lender’s standpoint, the biggest safeguards I look for are:A realistic timeline (with buffer) for rehab, lease-up, or saleA clearly executable exit (refi, sale, or take-out lender already identified)Conservative leverage, especially on heavier value-add projectsBorrowers who understand holding costs and don’t rely on best-case scenariosWhere investors get into trouble isn’t the cost of short-term capital — it’s when delays stack up and there’s no margin or backup plan.Used properly, short-term funding is a tool to create speed and opportunity.

The "hard" part means it's hard to invest with the high interest rates & fees these lenders charge!

Ive seen properties exclusively on channels that rank higher than ones that are not. and it makes sense. why would they promote up a property on both channels over that is exclusively on their platform where they have to share fees with their competitors. so if the calendar is less open and not booked by them, i believe it would add to another items that ding the search.

  Lots of great advice.Will just add that if the remaining tenant can qualify on their own, you use this as an opportunity to extend the lease with them.Or there should at least be a fee for your time & effort.Bottom line: don't do anything for free!

You are interested in investing in duplexes to 4-plexes in the Midwest with light value-add opportunity to refinance out equity in a short time and go shopping again and what markets to do this.You also asked which strategy works to scale your portfolio well for beginning investors and we also recommend the Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, and Repeat method.First, I think stacking duplexes is the way to go as you should always have a rent check coming in and they are found on the market more commonly than triplexes or 4-plexes.

You will then need to bill tenant and monitor if & when they pay:--- Charge city late fees + Processing Fee to tenant--- What will you do if they don't pay?