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Originally posted by @Matt "Roar" Gardner:

@Amanda N. - I have a larger house in Destin and a condo on Okaloosa Island (i.e. Fort Walton Beach). You can definitely cash flow well in either of those areas. I've helped plenty of investors find the right investment for themselves, and generally, 30A is more of a lifestyle purchase, where my clients accept breaking even or smaller cash flows. Those purchases are typically viewed more as a second home first and an investment second.

Most of my clients looking for more pure cash flow and investment will end purchasing in Miramar Beach, Destin, Okaloosa Island, or PCB. The gross rent yields are just higher in those areas.

Avery was totally correct, and I'll add that Destin does have the most "regulation" in the area. That regulation has been well executed for the most part. It's not like a bigger metro such as Nashville, where the city council is trying to kick STRs out of the town.

Best of luck to you!!


Thanks for this! I started out looking into PCB, but I'm reading that they are restricting STR, is that right? The 30a stretch is mostly new build, which I think will eventually saturate and potentially bring nightly rates down. Would that be a fair assessment?

Originally posted by @Avery Carl:

Hey Amanda! You do have to get a permit to operate an STR in this market, however, the regulations are very friendly as this has been a high volume STR market for years now. There are certain areas of 30a that are very very high end (Seaside for example), where the ROI is going to be lower because purchase prices are so much higher. But there are still deals to be had in Blue Mountain Beach on the west end of 30a, and then further east of Seaside all the way down to Rosemary. Hopefully this is helpful!

This is so helpful, thank you! I listened to your podcast earlier this week, which helped me nail down my strategy of starting out with vacation rentals. So much great information in that podcast!

Curious how short term rentals do along the 30a coast in terms of gross income and occupancy rate. Are there any cash flow positive rentals in Fort Walton County, if so, which beach towns are better for cash flow positive rentals? 

Is that area historically STR/Airbnb friendly? Interested in how the laws are locally for Airbnb's type properties. Do you need to register or get some type of license?

Post: How would you ... 100k First Investment Property?

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@Obi I. Thank you for a thorough reply. I'd like to be more active and eventually turn into a full time business and I'm familiar and comfortable with renovations enough for rehabs and flips. Good advice of diversifying investors. I'm not familiar with how that works, but I'm adding that to my research!

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@Andrew Hogan I'm leaning towards starting out with a flip and sell to build up more capital, then move on to rentals for cashflow, but finding an all-cash buy to flip near me is impossible under 120k.

Long term would be to own multiple LTR for consistent cashflow and a STR or two that I could use as a vacation home from time to time.

I will look into syndications, thank you!

Post: How would you ... 100k First Investment Property?

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We live in Northern NJ in a house we bought 4 years ago (30yr loan, this is our 3rd house after moving for jobs). We have 3 kids and don’t have plans to move out because of my husband’s job and kids’ schools but we’re open to out of state investing.

I have about 120k saved. The virus, however, has pretty much wiped out my income/business this year so my husband’s income would be the only income to be considered for a mortgage or loan I believe.

We're open to do a flip or buy an older property, rehab and rent (either LTR or STR). We were originally leaning towards airbnb/STR in places in Florida where wouldn't mind going on vacation but open to suggestions. I'd like to have a property manager to handle the rest.

Long term goal is to build a portfolio and eventually grow into full-time real estate investing.

How would you invest the money as your first REI?