So, both my wife and I are full time W2 employees and are in the 24% tax bracket, and I came across the short-term rental loophole which sounds really amazing for taking write offs and using them to reduce your W2 taxable income, but also equally difficult to qualify for, unless you are within a short driving distance to your property.  

. - I created a picture of a fictional "perfect" fund that met all of my criteria. - Because nothing really came that close, I ended up just buying notes directly.

The agent showed me the house , I told them to write up an offer , thats it .

I would just write it into the lease that lawn maintenance is the responsibility of the lease.

I'm not against some expenses to get started, I could use the write offs after the last couple flips. 

I like how you write it down.

If you know of any service providers who can write and prepare these letters, possibly on the mainland, and then ship them to me for a final local dispatch, I would greatly appreciate your recommendations.

And sometimes when I get stuck while writing an email I look for inspiration there.

I have a friend who is currently writing a book aimed at increasing awareness on various real estate scams.

You might write up your offer at $100k purchase price, asking the seller to contribute $7k to your buyer closing costs.