. - Furniture & DecorThis is up for debate but for most short term rentals, those that are themed, have quality furnishings and a cohesive presentation typically produce better occupancy and revenue results.

A fix and flip sounds good because of the capital it can produce, but you will have to manage a team from long distance, which has its challenges when you are just starting out.

I try to not give them a reason to want to leave - and that keeps the cash cows producing!

It may be easier to finance a turn key because a lender knows the income it is producing, so look at DSCR loans in that case.

This means we should see a portion of those convert back to owner occupied or 2nd homes, but also this will produce and opportunity to buy at a discount.

if you want income vs growth, get any of the various income producing securities or funds that have been putting out dividends for years, if not decades. 

Vs rentals/ STRs can create passive income that will produce multiple streams of income.One thing that I would recommend doing until that boot camp is get out there and network.

Since many, many people never follow through and perform or produce, I don't find it at all surprising that a legitimate dealmaker would want you to have some skin in the game.

The bank can fix this by producing the POA, but if they do not have a reason to do this they won't, so they need to do it when they are trying to sell the property, not in 10 years when I am trying to sell it. 

Or you can produce maple syrup or prove your fruit trees are ag in some way, you can achieve reduced taxes.