All buildings close to the beach requires piling on the first floor then you can either add 2nd or 3rd floor depending on your business plan.You can reachout to real estate agents that are predominant in the area to provide you with short rentals income report.Let me know if you need any help or info about building ground up.

I'm having difficulty finding insurance providers in Central Texas. 

If your goal is assume a loan, I would offer the lender some sort of compensation as they are generally only paid if they write your loan, which is not the case with an assumable loan, as the current servicer will be underwriting and providing the new loan.  

Based on the info you provided, the other 2/3 don't have the same mindset as you and you aren't going to agree on what to do or how to do it. 

Hello,Thank you for entertaining my first post.

I would pay my appraisers 50% of the fee, since I was providing all the business and had to review and be responsible for all the trainee's reports.

(There are even some who believe that the seller providing a loan to the buyer will disqualify the exchange entirely, but that's not been our experience.)The most straightforward solution is to have the seller provide a cash loan to the buyer outside of closing.

@Corey DuranGood insurance will provide you with more protection. 

Providing services is often more lucrative than investing on a small scale anyway.If providing services isn't your speed, your best bet will probably be to partner with someone.

She has one source of income and it doesn't even come close to covering the monthly rent, let alone the utilities or anything else (which are provided by the tenant).