Florida should be busy currently with people staying in the Winter to get away from the cold & snow. 

People will rent homes in that area because they cannot yet afford to buy, but hope to buy a newer home in the future and keep the kids in the same school system and around their same friends.

So many people did DIY.

People were panicking about their roofs collapsing and willing to pay almost anything to get someone up there to shovel them off.

McElhannon: I'm curious on peoples go to approach to secure financing for an investment property - use a broker? 

I'm entirely new to real estate investing, but I have a high risk appetite because I have seen other people achieve amazing things that many say cannot be done.

There's no step by step guide but there are key things : Learn: RE strategies, what interests you, what do people in your area need.Connect: find a mentor, accountability group and be around those doing what you want to do.Help: solve problems- do people need dealflow, property mgmt, construction expertise, etc. 

Your biggest resource will be from people.

People come here, buy, move away and try to keep the house as a rental.

Because Airbnb only makes money when the guest books on Airbnb.Hence, they want the price to be cheapest on their platform, so people book on Airbnb instead of elsewhere, and want their properties to be able to compete with hotel prices (even after cleaning fee and service fees).