While some reductions might increase short-term costs for investors, a more balanced budget could stabilize inflation and interest rates over time.

It takes walking new investors through the process from real life lead generation to acquisition, renovation and disposition. 

Hard money and private investing are both ways to finance flips, but they work a little differently.Hard money loans are typically from companies or private lenders that specialize in short-term, high-interest loans.

Bought it as a safe bet thinking it would do roughly $35k annually in short term rents.

Long story short, any owner-occupied property loan will require the borrower to show income that the lender can determine to be stable and predictable in their good-faith effort to confirm the ability to repay. 

Rental properties come in several flavors... short term, long term, etc.  

The owners of 100+ unit complexes are not individuals who will be swayed to sell by a good offer or the need to cut short term losses.

To qualify for installment sale you must selling an investment property, it was a rental for at least a short period. 

We are now doing short term rentals but we're thinking about changing to a small wedding venue. 

I totally recognize that is impatient and greedy.My gut is saying your short picture idea is where we're heading since we are taking the same hit with brokerage account (I didnt even mention borrowing against 401k - yes its not advised but my wife and I have stable W2 income to pay ourselves back) Thanks again, this BP community / forum is awesome