Each week, I personally analyze the MLS, leveraging my deep knowledge of South Florida’s short-term rental market.

Leverage it during the negotiation. 

Leverage will be reduced from the max available, reserve requirements increased and, typically, you would be required to use a professional property manager.

I leveraged my owned land to build my personal home.

EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!

You might get these days 60% leverage so you'll likely need 40% down payment plus reserves and the financial institutions will want you to keep those capital reserves in their institution.If you are a new investor, there's a couple of opportunities to get started. 

It sounds like you're really ready to dedicate time and energy into educating yourself about possible investments and I love that.

Have flexible repayment terms been a game changer for your deals, and if so, how have you leveraged that flexibility to scale your investments?

You will be able to get higher leverage, better rates, etc once you have more experience!

The way I did it is I built up total confidence through first education and second entrepreneurship.