It seems like nothing cash flows unless I do a STR, and decorating an Airbnb alone eats up a large chunk of my cash.

.), helping them with their bills, while also paying for a beach house STR that is not covering it's own expenses (thank God summer is on the way), and I am carrying $64k in credit card debt with interest that is eating my lunch.  

They need to be sending the info through, if not, change vendor, or have them eat the liability there conveying. 

2) If there are liens on the property and the seller is not willing to negotiate, does that mean that either I or the buyer have to eat the cost? 

You have a different set of circumstances than the 20 something who can couch surf and eat only ramen to get a downpayment.

Remember; pigs get fat and hog's get slaughtered. 

Stop by, eat lunch.

@Lorien Rollins Where I live a lot of people with nicer SFHs are now listing them with Realtors to get them on the MLS and just eating the 1 mo fee as being cheaper than having it sit vacant for 3-4 months while they try to market it themselves.

Or else be prepared to eat ramen noodles for the next 15 years. 

You pay the whole bill and set a fixed rate for each unit and some months you will be over, some under - you end up eating the cost/reaping the benefit month to month.