Even if the property is short, a contract with a buyer, even subject to short sale approval, should work. 

Understanding STR regulations in a market is an essential "must do" when it comes to evaluating a short term rental.

Decatur: +1.2%)- Last 5 years: 77.0% (Annualized difference: +2.8%)- Last 10 years: 88.4% (Annualized difference: +1.3%)So the housing stock in Huntsville appreciates slightly faster, but I’d say the data shows that Decatur can work for both cash flow and appreciation-oriented investors.

Interest rate 3.8% In short this is how you do it...Find a flip opportunity, use hard money or what you got to buy, rehab it, re-finance it, boom.  

Plus, since they can cut and paint to size, shipping costs is less, and they stock way less material on hand.Imported treated pine lumber is astronomical since their pines trees were wiped out by the pine beetle and they also don't have a coating/impregnation process for the raw timber.

Yep both enjoying the investment both short term and as a Longterm investment.  

I took a quick look, @Torianne Baley:1) With short-term treasuries now paying around 4.5%, guaranteed by the USG, why would anyone loan to you at 5%?

In a short term, I'd eat the risk I'm not taking that for 1 year +. 

With the upswing in the country's short-term and mid-term rental markets, a unique opportunity is presenting itself to house hackers during a time when it's harder to cash flow than it was a few years ago.

Land leases often complicate financing, limiting your buyer pool, especially if lease terms are unfavorable or the remaining lease duration is short.