This issue has been going on since April of this year with no resolution. 

Unsure about STR regulations in Charleston but I would advise you to search "arbitrage" on this forum and read up on the hundreds of pros and cons responses here before diving in to any market using the arbitrage model.

This should have been talked about or done MONTHS AGO.

Do you mind sharing the links to the posts you mentioned about those “turnkey properties”?

You can quickly see why looking at this graph - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/buying-vs-renting-house-in-...You can see how in 2015 the average mortgage was cheaper than the average rent, so it was easier to make the math work with light value add and just buying single family homes.

Any tips or advice for getting started?

Quote from @Jaycee Greene: is this it?

In order to put a property under contract I need to provide proof of funds I know that I can get that from a hard money lender but I don’t meet there criteria for a loan approval what should I do?

I think we just found our next talking point in this month's OKC meetup! 

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?