Back in 1986, similar tax cuts spurred a 12–15% boost in commercial real estate investments, and the 2017 overhaul led to a near 10% surge in capital expenditures in key markets.

Quote from @Brendan Jones: For the homes, and or properties that you will use as a primary or a rental property one big thing I look for is infrastructure in the area, extrinsic value (I.e. hospitals in the area, schools, and job market), and the last thing is creature comforts for people (I.e. is a store to get groceries 1 hour away or 2 minutes away).

I recently read a book that mentioned there being a lot of power and benefits of a personal corporation but I'm curious as to when a corporation is actually beneficial over the latter. 

We have a potential buyer of a lot in St Augustine, FL who would like to build a new single family short term rental.

do you think this venue was a bad choice ??? 

I am about to do one of my first ground up construction projects with the intent to rent in the area of Athens a little further west. 

I purchased a house a couple of years ago and a portion of the purchase price was done with seller financing. 

I help line up lots of financing for STR so I'd be happy to walk you through the process and what is expected.The drawbacks of STR is the management of it. 

We just offered on a house with all contingencies waived and after the depositing the initial deposit we realize they are counting 300 sqft of completely unfinished room with no ceiling hvac huge  unit in it and with all sorts of pipes taking floor space and ceiling space as a room of 300 sq ft.This is misrepresentation as it makes the house so much smaller in the basement and we are already paying above asking by 50K.

I do the same tropes of things in the Tampa Florida market.