The limits are not high at first, but they can build with good utilization and payment history.

Also, with my condo and many others, you can nearly step right outside to the village which ranks very high.

Falcon Foundation, highly recommend.

The other attempt at affordable is density through what they call their middle housing zoning and up zoning existing parcels. again led to building boom but still nothing sells for much less than 500k.

When deciding between them, look for flexible memberships, no high-volume minimum, and customer service to help walk you through the process.

While $300K may not yield high returns in your market AND presumably limit you to smaller deals with less doors/units, the same amount could align you with a group of investors purchasing dozens of units elsewhere.

However, The seller has a high equity build up into the property of about 300k.

The cost segregation studies that typically yield the highest credits and deduction are for properties valued at $150,000 or more or that have lots of added features such as components to operate or high-end custom finishes.

I'm looking at investing in a short term rental in Jacksonville, my budget is fairly modest though, up to $300k so I'm not looking to do a high-end STR.

Some great advice here and I will also highly recommend self managing especially for your first one.