@Carnell WebbI highly recommend you work with a seasoned investor on your first 3 to 10 deals so you can get a clear understanding how to draft a contract, contract law, how to properly assign a contract, language that an assignment agreement should contain, what your liability is when assigning, etc.

I always thought I did a good job of screening, gut checking, red flag observing – the usual seasoned Landlord stuff.

This would be a good place to find seasoned investors that would pay a healthy interest rate for flips, rehabs, transactional fund and even create notes and more moderate rates on long term holds.

Or what do managment company do you recommend or have experience with doing seasonal renting?

I want to refi as soon as possible since I plan to hold onto this one.I heard about the seasoning period being 12 months, is there any way around that?

I understand that in order to refinance, the season period is 1 year so am trying to be proactive and preparing myself.

Any seasoned folks willing to help me with some ideas maybe know any good roads and ones that were not so good?  

For example:- Buy a 4-plex for $100,000- Invest $10,000 per unit ($40,000 total) to turn it around- Raise rents and/or re-rent units, get full occupied, season for minimum time needed by refi lender- New appraisal at $180,000- Refinance at 80%, or $144,000.

The peak season is June-Sept/Oct, which is hectic for short term rentals.

The seasonal variation makes it hard to use this as an indicator.