As you already know, June-August is the peak season for vacation rentals in Destin.

You should be making interest only payments during the Rehab and Seasoning period.  

I'm interested in areas with actual seasons, cool summers, & reasonable standards of living.

Also, you may hit a roadblock to refi that quickly in some cases due to the loan needing a 12 month seasoning set in place.

@Isiah Ferguson  Well it sounds like you do have some equity in the house, and that you got it at 81% ARV, so you could potentially get a conventional loan after 6 months of seasoning at 70-80% LTV, and get most of your money out for the next purchase and rehab. 

Or any seasoned investors that could advise on smart steps I could take in this period in life?

(house ARV around 160k), then what would be the extra cost to switch to long term financing after that and is seasoning required?

We are approaching the 6 month seasoning period on this property, so it's not as critical for this project, but would like to begin looking for financing a lot earlier for next projects.

Were these motivations establish early on or was it a slow realization after a seasoned career?

Hello everyone,Now that is tax season, I have a question related to this topic.I bought a fourplex via FHA loan and I currently live in one unit, I have been fixing and updating all units so I could rent them out which I have.