Master your mornings, and watch your wholesale business explode. 

If we hadn’t been fraudulently lead to believe it was a cash deal, we would have not said it was a cash deal and I wouldn't be out $10,000 of EM and a realtor threatening to sue me for their lost commission.I have 25 years in this business and have never experienced the out in out lies this company has continuously regurgitated to us, knowing all along the deal wasn’t going to go thru. 

It's just business.

That pain could take the form of working long hours, putting other aspects of your life aside for business, or uprooting your entire life for a short period to escape the rat race.

Attend local builder associations or networking events, and focus on small contractors or businesses without in-house permit expertise.Highlight how you save time and ensure compliance—it’s a big value-add.

There are people who have an entire business helping you set up and design a STR relatively quickly (3-7 days) depending on size of home and complexity but you are going to be paying a bit of a premium but you do save on the headache.

Definitely open an LLC if you haven’t done so already and once you have a couple under your belt, you will have lenders lining up for your business.

When you say "we," are you speaking about your business or your personal tax returns, or does your business flow into your personal returns because you file as a sole proprietor?  

Possibly set up a single website and consider driving early business there from VRBO or AirBNB to get some initial views.

If my business owner bank statements did not gain me an approval, I was going to go the hard money route.