I would love to hear from anyone with experience in these areas and any advice you may have for a newcomer. 

Also, I have 2 years of flipping experience in Iowa.

Just adding that in my experience, renting a property to a tenant sight-unseen is usually a bad idea, even when the unit is properly turned and professionally cleaned.

This was also our first remodel and a good learning experience.

Using them to pay cash to individual contractors seems to work fine, but it appears you cannot use them for a down payment type transaction anymore.It's a shame, that was a unique way to get some quick short-term cash for deals.Good luck on your deal.

There is a lot of useful information and individuals right here from whom you might be able to gather most of what you need.

I have a lot of experience with multifamily units and like to help people succeed who are getting into it.

individual properties cost what they cost.

It really is a different animal than either long term or short term rentals so it's best to seek advice from others with experience in this niche.

In case you are interested, I would be happy to help you with finding right properties, analyzing, managing, investing and more in exchange for your knowledge and experience sharing with me.