Buy close to Notre Dame and the nicer areas for game days, graduations, and families visiting. 

or Do I turn the Fl house into a short term rental property and look to finance the 6 cabins?

There's some connection you have to this person with money who is looking to invest it short term and collect an x% return. 

Bob arranges the money for Joe, so the bank is short again even though Bob could have paid more on the debt.

I don't think my manager does that for the short term side either.

The Pacific Northwest is competitive, so leveraging those connections can be a game-changer.Second, when analyzing deals, ensure you’re building a framework to assess not just the property’s performance today but its future potential.

Short of that most small boutique brokerages are dying for help and likely don't have the time to look.

Do you mean a short-term loan on the property you're buying?

The time for them to negotiate the price was when they got the appraisal done-they didn't, so too bad.Two choices-take the $5K and relist with a new realtor or negotiate with them for the $24K they are short. 

We don't know if the new regime will be retroactive.In short, we don't know anything.