@Ian Miller, there is a reason almost everyone starts with people they know: friends, family, coworkers.  

Skip the vacations, skip eating out with friends.  

Quote from @Stan Sudarso: Quote from @Doug Smith: I had good friends/business contacts that worked there...all have fled to greener pastures.

For me, I would, put together a prospectus for the STR and approach my friends and family to see if they would be interested in a partnership on it.

Would love to connect, both DSCR and Hard Money are great investor-friendly common loans.

I have a good friend in Stevensville Montana who does this nationwide. 

I have spoken with some real estate friends and they have told me about how private money has helped their business grow massively.

I am clueless when it comes to the economic development board, but I do know that Waco in general is extremely business friendly and has very little regulations compared to other Texas cities.

I would have saved few thousand dollars in inspection fees and appraisal fees if I had known that and I had a friend send me detailed videos.I'm not sure if this information is available in all counties but where I bought in the Indianapolis metro area, I can look up property tax records.

Hi @Kenneth P Ford,I noticed there were a lot of responses of “messages you” so I’m not sure if that is solicitation, but in effort to help you and other reading this - I’ll share experiences from friends in the Dayton market.