This doesn't apply to you but for other couples in the same predicament. 

A suggestion I would give you is to find a couple "for rent" signs in your local market, get the address and start "running your numbers" on the rental property calculator that BP has for us on here.

Do not wait for the 30 days.A couple of options to raise money: If you receive at any given time a return during tax season.

Then after a couple weeks the goal moved to 10 calls a week.

Sargassum: We saw a couple of months that sargassum arrived on the beaches, this changes every year and there is a website that monitors it. 10.

That continuous flow of new nice properties wouldn't hurt your valuation, since they can go into something brand new instead of something that is 3 years old?

That said, my last Booking.com guest a couple of weeks ago was a bit difficult pre-arrival but ended up being a great guest and left a 10 star review (no comments though).  

I have read a couple of Brandon Turners books on house hacking and multi family and really enjoyed his writing style.

I think giving a couple of options, if doable, is always smart.

I finished that a couple of weeks ago and then found the BP podcast and listened to the first couple of episodes and I particularly enjoyed the personal stories of how people started out.