The biggest employer in the region shut down about a year ago, and over the past year, the area was directly hit by three hurricanes (two of them major). 

There's a decent chance that if you have good credit and improve your DTI over the next year, you can put a Heloc on the property while it's still your primary to unlock some of that equity if needed.

If you already have the judgement you can turn it over to a collector.

I realize this comes with the STR business but if I'm going to continue to use VRBO I need to find away to attract the "good" guests and minimize the bad ones.

Here are a few reasons to use the deferred sales trust over the 1031:The Deferred Sales Trust (DST) gives you the ability to sell high and buy low and relive the 1031 pressure of 45 day and 180-day deadlines.

Someone takes over your STR, they will be starting from scratch.

You risk going over and then you are no further ahead if you sell.If you do renos and rent it for $300-400 a month more, it will take you more than 5 years to get the reno money back.

Today, I analyzed over 10 condos, and while I found one with a positive cash-on-cash return, it was far from impressive.I’d love to hear from experienced condo investors about why this type of real estate might make sense despite the low cash-on-cash returns and HOA fees that cannot be influenced.As a bonus, if anyone has purchased investment properties for their children with a similar goal, I’d really appreciate any insights about your process or results.I am looking at buying 2 investment condos for my children to pay for their college tuition in 13-15 years.

We have a 14-page management contract that we've added our real experiences to over the years, with the intent of protecting both us AND the landlord.

My suggestion is to continue being active on BP, get out to some networking events and seminars and also educate yourself through books and podcasts.