i'd pick a market close by, or that you have a personal connection to, or that you visit often.chasing cash flow by itself can lead to negative outcomes - for example, these investors bought in supposed "cash flow" markets:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1215726-break...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/963/topics/1195280-expe...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...hope this helps.

Also interested in networking to learn more about my personal interest in STR's primarily in the Tampa, Bradenton, and Sarasota markets along with other southeast coastal and mountain markets. 

I havent worked with him personally but have received a good referral for him.

And you can't legally dictate how much they carry for personal belongings. 

And this means you're going to spend some money on that person.

Each person who lost their property will need to rebuild their home.

Personally, I like to target 30% equity retention in each deal.- Section 8 income isn't guaranteed.

Quote from @Michael Challenger: I have no qualms with hard money lending, but I need to learn more about the process and structure to these for typical deals so that I am more comfortable and in a position to reduce my personal risk and risk to investors as much as possible.

I personally think this is the direction booking sites need to go.

I don't have a solution but I think a real estate attorney or a title attorney would be a good person to talk to.