This approach saves you time and effort while keeping you in compliance.

I've been having this conversation lately with a lot of the owners I work with as well as those who self-manage. For a long time, the mindset for investors has been to get the highest rents possible on their units. Th...

Anyone please share your contact info in a message and I'll be sure to save it and ping you if things progress w/ other seller/buyer leads.

Use your savings for the 20% down.

I didn't have a good team in place, and I had to go save the investment every so often.

Use a CRM to save everyone's contact info, set reminders for yourself to follow-up, create follow-up campaigns, etc.5.

@Ben Cochran I hope you have factored STR tax savings into your cashflow and ROI as it can be significant.Leveraging equity to purchase a short-term rental (STR) in Tampa Bay can diversify your portfolio and potentially generate strong cash flow, but it also increases your financial risk.While your properties hold significant equity, adding debt from HELOCs or a DSCR loan could strain your finances if STR performance fluctuates or costs rise.

I just don't want to go through the hassle of updating documents, filing a statement of info, etc.

Using your $100K example, the 6% seller assist is far more valuable to this buyer than merely reducing the purchase price by $6K because the 6% seller assist is a $6,000 reduction in funds required to close whereas reducing the purchase price by $6K equates to less than a $200 savings (2.5% down payment + some incidentals).

I thought I'd share some quick thoughts on investing in the area after the recent storms we've had. Hopefully some of you will find these insights useful in making determinations on where and how to invest after these...