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I am starting to believe that I need to learn the tax laws myself since I have lost so much money paying unnecessary taxes because my previous CPA's are not familiar with all laws or they just plug numbers into a software (without strategizing) and then I get hit with huge tax bills that could have been legally avoided. 

My suggestion would be to jot down all the activities that are taking up your time, then start researching how other STR operators have solved those exact problems.

All seeing strong gentrification but still much cheaper then the fully gentrified areas. 

It's no guarantee but it's a good place to start.

Advice on getting started?

This can open up a can of worms if you are working on an older plaster building if you have to start re wiring. 

Please help a first timer who is just starting to learn about tax lien certificates and has a bit of interest. 

You can get these with rates starting at 6.75%, and they don't require any of your personal financial information since they're an asset-based loan.One problem many lenders can run into with condos in FL is whether or not the condo is warrantable or unwarrantable.

They saw his hustle, got to know him and his goals, and then started teaching him.