I was only with them for a short interim due to the distance.

Short term rentals in St Pete are technically illegal but it doesn’t stop hundreds of other investors from doing it.

I just meant to say that it's our next goal to build that up, having just gone on a spending spree on fixing up both properties in a short period of time.

Pensacola has a lot of potential, and I’ve seen investors do really well in the area with both long-term and short-term rentals.Since you’re just getting started, here are a few tips that might help:Know Your Market: Pensacola’s mix of military families, college students, and tourists means there’s a steady demand for rentals.

For this post, the long story short is that no cats were on the application but lo and behold, there are 4 cats in the house during my first inspection.

We had hoped to rent our house for short-term or mid-term stays.

The six month cd isn’t the point my understanding is that I can’t just take out the HELOC, I need to actually use the money for my plan to work and a short term CD seemed safe and reasonable 

I like this idea because it reduces the potential vacancy I could have by doing a short 3- to 4-month lease that ends in April or May, then starting over with a year lease.

We drafted a short-term “use agreement” giving her a couple of months to find a new spot for her outdoor furniture and tools.

If I have several options, I would prefer a HELOC with no initial draw requirements (i.e. to establish a literal line of credit that I have no specific short term plans to use), i.e. not something like the better.com HELOC.