I have been looking into trying mid-term rentals due to the increase in rent that you can charge, but I don't know where to start.

His original ease is June 2021, but has been on a month to month, with an increase on Oct 1 from $3300 to $3600.   

Here are some “creative financing” strategies / tactics that increase your leveraging/buying power.  

The plus side is the airbnb supply has fallen and we have noticed a HUGE increase in our gross STR rents, roughly 20% higher then a year ago.

Try to figure out what works in your market and try it out. the success you will get comes from the actual list stacking you prepare before, the more targeted list with multiple 'distress factors' you can increase the chance of them calling you. inbound leads is truly the best way to go in Wholesaling. 

This allowed me to save over $1,200 per month on my payment and also increased my principal paydown by over $400 per payment compared to financing a new "high interest" loan! 

I was told it was due to the value increasing

Subtract depreciation, explained here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1121063-expla...Because of Step 2, depreciation, many cash-flowing rentals end up showing $0 net profit, resulting in no tax increase and sometimes in tax decrease.

Personally, I would not create a conversation around this "risk" as that is a sure fire way to increase the sellers anxiety. 

When renovating a walk-out single-family home to create a separate legal unit in the basement, removing the interior stairs can increase usable square footage and enhance security between the two units.