@Michael Kistner Review the life left on the big ticket items.

As stated above though, get legal review. 

I have a bit of a background in finance, but I'm still in the process of spending some time educating myself on the foundations of having success in real estate investing. 

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I have spend many hours working on this house.

I'm new to STR's but I get that reviews are huge and want to make sure my long term tenant feels free to leave if needed vs harassing guests. 

@Brian Garrett it does sound like a good alternative to an HML the only thing I would be curious about is if you have $100k cash  I would assume the project would need to be 100% financed because if you spent any of your own money your limit would go down $5 for every $1 you spend. 

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I would offer to meet them to give them the deposit and review the lease at the same time if I wanted to live there

Here are my best three bullets worth of advice:Get and review client references - Talk to the last couple of investors they sold a deal.