What do you plan on doing with the puppies (once they are old enough to rehome-ie 6-8 weeks old)? 

My plan is to possibly use it before the spring on a down payment, but then quickly pay it off (I'll have enough for 20% DP in spring but am trying to beat the buyer rush for that time of year).

That is something that is growing due to the limitations of STR.MTR is something that will help you but you will have to be a bit flexible in the times that you are planning to come in.Management is cheaper than STR, but you have to consider other factors such as close to places where those MTR are in need.

At a minimum, having viable plans in place for development will make these lots more marketable and valuable to potential builders when we have conversations. 

Learned all the lessons needed on this one for sure.I am now feeling the positive pressure from the huge mistake and looking to leverage all the resources I can to make sure I do long-distance real estate investing the right way from here on out.GOAL: I plan to purchase 3-5 SFH to hopefully cashflow $2,500+ in the next 2-3 months.

Overall I think nationwide it’s getting very tough to get into the STR space and make money and the fact that a municipality can tank your business at any time calls for a strong back up plan from the start!

Unfortunately I had a bad inspector who missed a lot which made it about a $60K renovation instead of what I planned for which was $15K.

You have to ask yourself what the end goal and how many of these do you plan on doing to reach that goal.

Especially if they plan to buy a more expensive one.

We bought a lot with cash 2 years ago with plans to build in 2024. 2024 was a bad year for my family.