The HML's i've contacted need more than I have to put down on the purchase and 20K is not enough to pull off all of these with traditional lending.

If materials such as tiles are stolen from the home the cost would not be covered in a traditional homeowner's policy for the home you live in.As your investment project progresses, your insurance needs also change.

Anyone who wants to preserve value must look somewhere besides traditional savings to do so. 

Then its like a traditional fix & flip/rent as it will need minor to major rehab. 

In fact most investors start out with traditional banks.

Is it possible for me to do seller financing for a year or two until I can refinance to a traditional loan?

Many investors use Summit Title, particularly on non traditional transactions 

Well it sounds like a traditional eviction situation.  

I got my appetite whetted for RE when I put our own house (which we were renting) on Airbnb and seeing the power of STRs firsthand.Even though Austin has already appreciated quite a bit, I think it's still a great market to get into for STRs and even traditional rental properties.Looking forward to connecting with other like-minded real estate go-getters!

He does traditional brokerage as well...happy to make an introduction.