So, while my research did not find any rental restrictions for STRs I did not discover that they couldn't give me a business license (before we bought the house.)After talking with the City Planner about the situation he told me I could go through the same process that a hotel or B&B does (approval process for Certificate of Conditional Use) but it basically comes down to a City Council meeting which is a public hearing.We discussed the fact that there already were people operating STRs in the city (and obviously not paying taxes to the city since they would not have a business license). 

Ed, there is not enough information to answer your questions.did you foreclose the right of redemptionhas the judge sign off on your tax sale certificateis the property occupied or vacantdo you have to file an eviction of the existing owner or tenantdo you have enough money to foreclosedo you intend to get a mortgage on itI have done many tax sales deals - my objectives could be ..... 1. sell it now after legal ownership is acquired2. clean it up and sell it for a profit3. keep it to rent4. offer it at public auction - let others bid against others to push the price way up5. sell it back to the owner6. put together a joint venture - raise money to renovate it 

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Looking in G'ville and Jax.I would think that all Realtors are good. they have a licencethey have been trained in the ways of representing others for a feethey have to go to continuing education coursesthey are regulated by the statemost are bonded and have error and omission insurancethey are members of the local MLSmembers of Boards of Realtorsthey are motivated to earn income from listing and selling real estatemost are not real estate investorsmost are sincere and anxious and ready to earn a commissionLicencee are trained to represent others for a commission and to protect the public from fraud. 

@Mark SpritzWhile in the the year that you open the solo 401k plan you need to be merely pursuing self-employment activity (see IRS Publication 560 which lists this specific language), it is important to note that generally in order to continue with the solo 401k plan you must continue to to perform "material services" with the intent to generate earned income from self-employment.

We have a backend portal to our public records on my MLS.

Recently, I was fortunate enough to be involved in the ground floor start up of Invitation Homes (INVH) which finally went to the public markets this past February.

They are publicly traded and have a $4 billion market cap with a portfolio over 30,000 properties.  

I thought about having a property management company manage the property but I do believe this is something I could do on my own and utilize on line screening services as well as checking local evictions public records. 

Public water, not sure if separately metered.