A HELOC on your duplex or home offers flexible, low-interest financing ideal for BRRRR, with potential tax-deductible interest if used for property expenses.

Look up ideal existing performing properties, your "hero's" as it were, find out who own's it, and reach out to them. 

I attached some visuals to give an ideal of the type of area. 

Think about what everyone else is doing.For reasons that I can’t quite grasp, someone decided that people who want to, need to, or have to sell their houses are the ideal audience to target.

Any help is much appreciated - obviously a short term rental would be ideal, but it looks like thats out the question for now. 

We had an accounting system once that necessitated doing this - not ideal, but it keeps the assets and liabilities straight and AP is just an accrual until you pay the bill.

Ideally would be purchasing some land out there & using our building background to do something unique. 

First time STR host here. My property is located in a C+/B- neighborhood has the following landmarks nearby: -1.5 miles from a major university with a popular D1 NCAA college basketball team-1.5 miles from a children'...

Thanks Brett, it is my understanding that by buying a property of equal or greater value it would allow for maximizing the tax deferral, which is ideal, but not a legal requirement? 

Squadding up is a term that means partner, and yes gator method is a partnership.