I would recommend checking out markets in the Midwest like Cleveland and Columbus. 

You would need to check to see if your property is zoned for STR by contacting the County: https://www.horrycountysc.gov/departments/planning-and-zonin...If I can be of any help, please reach out!

(We regularly invest into indexed ETFs for this reason)Look, you could certainly 1031 exchange to save taxes and find another property. 

Have you checked into a Life Estate, instead of a Reverse Mortgage? 

Kind of like a minimum security prison from what it looked like to me when i checked it out.. u really need to see this stuff to believe it though.

I always check for flood zone and it is not for me.

Check Zillow and the MLS. 

You will need to furnish them and check with local regulations to see if this is legal but if you can you will make a lot more money this way. 3.

Writing that check for the down payment was absolutely frightening at the time.

It is pretty well known that the more boxes you can check off on your air bnb listing far as what amenities and features you provide the better.