If STRs prove difficult, platforms like **Furnished Finder** or mid-term rentals might be better options for steady income.

You should be looking to prove it wrong, not prove it right.

Flips are tough, and the first one is always a huge learning curve.

We look for multifamily 10-80 units in Jacksonville and Orlando and it's tough to make deals pencil right now for all the reasons Shawn said.

Galveston is a great market if you have a good deal, but insurance and taxes make it very tough to pencil out a lot there.

It is tough, however, when sellers think that offering with furniture has value and you don't. 

IF you cannot get a copy of the lease, then she would need to show a bank statement from when she made it and prove it was that amount.What document do you have that shows she gave $850?

Your main focus is on proving that there’s nothing different in the math with mortgages and HELOCs.  

From an investor standpoint it is very tough right now as there are not of a ton of good deals out there.

just to be blunt... it's a very tough market for cash flow right now with both prices and interest rates high.