Before I moved down to Florida full-time, I used to rent my house in Largo for half the year on Airbnb/VRBO to help pay the mortgage when I was not here.

If I'd know that I'd be paying it for the life of the loan I would have been better off paying the extra 5% down payment and enjoyed the lower interest rate but I don't recall ever being informed of that or reading it anywhere in my documents.

To Find a house on the beach you will be looking at paying over a million. 

I'm willing to pay for the information, templates, etc, but agree there's a lot out there and hard to determine the quality of any of them. 

And then I'm keeping the smaller ones and doing some bigger ones (3bedroom 2,000 to 2,400 sq ft) that will remain as holds.Keep in mind that as a builder my cost basis is better than people paying retail. 

Now you need to figure out how to find deals and pay for them.

My name is Hogan Chouinard and I am new to real estate investing, I have been wanting to get involved with real estate for a while because I want to give myself financial freedom in the future by putting in the extra work right now, I want to start a real estate portfolio that I can continue to build on over time for years to come, and I am hoping that I can meet some people on bigger pockets that can help me along the way!

We are projecting to pay taxes on $1,500,000 for this year and $2,400,000 next year.

In this case, he actually went the extra mile to negotiate a contract change with the seller due to my concerns.

Quote from @Brandon Polcawich: I recommend you spend some extra time educating yourself on how to run the numbers so you don't miss something and get into a bind.