Shortly after I purchased a duplex and then a 4 unit and some more in that range before I bought an 8 unit.

We don't know if the new regime will be retroactive.In short, we don't know anything.

Fell into a short term vacation property and can't wait to do more investments!

Institutional lenders will look at your non/short employement as a negative. 

Hello Emira, Flipping can be very lucrative and good way to invest ad get the most ROI from your investment in a short period of time.

.); any money they have in there must go towards paying 50% of rent as well6) if they are short on all the above, they must move in with family / relative / brother / sister / parent, etc.7) the only situation when they have a right to be a squatter is when they can prove that they will be homeless if evicted and have no one to turn to and no money in the bank (but whoever gets to this situation is a lousy manager of money and don't know how to live within their means while employed)

And for the short term goal, do a house hack as you have planned.If you need any more direction send me a message.

STR....I can only imagine the groups of individuals who will rent this house on a short term basis.

Further, I’ve had rental property since 2010 and a short term rental since 2016 - not sure where you get your stats from.

@Teri Feeney Styers the slow flip method that I think he is referring to is the one coined by Scott Jelinek which is buying a livable property using private money on a short term (typical 60 month--like a car) and immediately marking it up 2-4 times and selling it on a 30 year term using a land contract.