This is just what we need - washed up D-list "celebrities" getting into the guru game. 

After some negotiating, we got it under contract at $240k, and celebrated on the contract signing date, because I knew we just made money....We negotiated another $2500 off the contract price to help replace the electric panel and closed at 237,500 with 3.5% down, FHA...In the next year we put about $30k into the house including the following improvements10mm laminate flooring throughoutcomplete remodel of master bathpartial remodel of guest bathnew panelnew ACnew paint inside and outminor roof repaircouple new windowssome new appliancesnew drivewaynew front landscapingI know it's important to have an exact figure...in that 30k I'm rolling some furnishings and fixtures into it..I forgot to mention we also have a large yard, and no immediate neighbors behind us..great lot in this neighborhood. 

BP is only REI place I know where rising real estate prices are a bad thing and where bad economic news is celebrated.

Don't forget to celebrate (and raise that rent annually)!

Also to get more specific... any Kissimmee, Orlando, Celebration or surrounding area agents out there willing to help me along this process of finding a property that allows short term rentals? 

Celebrate/repeatA good pointer I’ve heard from other agents is to look to be a listing agent Instead of buyers agent, as buyers tend to be more difficult to deal with I believe.Good luck !

., in order to achieve a "celebrity" status. 

Sounds like you have a marketing opportunity involving a minor celebrity... she didn't film with your permission, can she complain that you market using her name without hers?

As of right this minute there 378 HUD owned homes for sale in the State of Florida...Everything from a 4/2 in Jacksonville for under $ 20,000, to a large Victorian in Walt Disney's "hometown America" community of Celebration, FL for just under $ 400,000.If you are a new investor, find a Realtor that is HUD approved and take a look at the diversity of what HUD has for sale.

@Jay Hinrichs , I took a 6-week vacation in Europe in Sept/Oct last year, partially because it was overdue, and partially to celebrate (and enjoy) the success of the strong cash flow coming off my 4plex, along with a good purchase of 2 SFH a few months before I left.