In doing this, I've signed up for some free conference calls and webinars.

If they are professional, they can explain this quickly and easily.

I'd recommend looking at costs. your build cost is going to be well over other homes because of the fixed costs like slab, Hvac, roof, etc. check the market drivers and weight the benefits of short term versus long term. long term is no furniture and help pays mortgage but at this size it doesn't really cover everything. we didn't find a lot of economies of scale in single family detached. can you build more than one unit?

@Robel Nessro We've worked with many service men and women using this strategy.

We love helping sellers around the country connect with investor buyers and potentially retail buyers with the goal of creating win-win-win scenarios.

There are surely STR Facebook groups for this location.

Hi Stan, glad to have you as part of this community! 

 @Dominic Battagliac @Shawn Quigg Stumbling on this thread several years later.

This could result in a bad tenant and thousands of dollars lost via eviction.It's better to have a vacancy than a bad tenant.

I'm happy to help in any way that I can.