It was easy to scale fast when a down payment was 15-30k on a property that cash flowed several thousand dollars per month.

Quote from @Andrew Lawlor: I've been actively investing in short-term rental properties for the past three years, managing one live property and another that will go live in two months.

The other thing I have done especially if we are approaching winter months is just tell the insurance company that we will have them done in spring.

I work with a brokerage that has an acquisitions team buying 20-30 properties each month.

Rental gives $500 monthly income from $2,000 rent.

In 1 market, for a SFH, permitting is 2 months with a 5 month build time. 

After paying the money and being ghosted for over one month, I turned in a fraud alert to BofA.

The amount will be $2,507 every month ($30,084 every year).

I've spent the last 3 years nagging the city to sell me a lot next to my property so I can install a driveway and they've finally agreed.

If I put 50k down I should be able to cash flow around 400 a month.