Typically this means they will take longer to close, may not have all the information for the companies they work with, and most hard money brokers get their money by taking an existing product and adding extra points to pay their fee.What is your investor success rate?

You either have to earn extra money via sweat equity (working as your own PM or do the renovation work), or you have to be ok with a negative cash flow.  

If your average heating bill is $150, you may not collect enough in the winter months when the bill reaches $225 but you'll collect extra in the summer when it drops to $65.

It's easy to obtain, costs very little, and doesn't require extra, on-going effort to maintain.

In fact I can have half of the rooms occupied and still pay the mortgage. 

My goal is to house hack to help cover my mortgage and possibly generate some extra income.I’m looking for advice on:1.The Destin Market•What should I know about buying property in Destin?

In reality he is a high paid, likely already working a ton, attorney - he very well may not want to average an extra 10 hours a week of work year round to make it work. 

Ideally you can provide something extra or unique that you can highlight in your photos and description to stand out. 

Not your debts or your income or your DTI or your reserves or the extra guidelines and underwriting and overlays that that a residential mortgage company can have Do you require a personal guarantee? 

@Dillon Clark-don't pay extra down on your mortgage-don't use a HELOC-save up as much as you can-hope this helps