Hey @Mike Levene, I'd recommend considering a Margin Loan against your stock portfolio.

Chad is great, definitely recommend his Twitter and YouTube channel

I'd love to hear what other people are doing and recommend; tips and tricks for guarding a vacant property. 

Hey @Kevin Connauton, I recommend reaching out to @Matt Solis when you get a chance.

Most if not all of these properties require SIGNIFICANT cap ex rehabs and conventional financing won't touch them; you'd likely need to go the hard money route at 10-12%, 2 points, 12-18mon turn around.

Do you have any recommendations?

I would buy it also for roughly the same price (it will be in good condition but may require some small fixes for a tenant), but it's bigger and has an extra bedroom so it will rent for $1400.I could have also ran this model by assuming that I would get the same type of property as the turnkey, but for $125k and would rent for $1200 as the turnkey would.

Short-term rentals of non-owner-occupied properties will also require a special use variance which is obtainable by starting with the completion of an application in the Zoning Department."

By leveraging our expertise in pricing and buyer demand, we identified a deal that required no renovations but still yielded solid returns.

I would suggest looking into Hemlane, I have worked with the CEO personally and they have a great product that I recommend to all self managing landlords.