Looking to maximize this investment, you're now trying to decide if you want to rent it as a vacation destination, with stays averaging only a few days, or if you want to rent it year-round to steady tenants.How do you decide?

Slow and steady negotiation.

My issue is when going to use a conventional loan I'll have to quit my travel nurse job, take up a local assignment to prove I have a "steady" job.

So what is the best possible way to boost your steady income?

Not being familiar I’ve always gone on the assumption that lenders are suspect of someone with new loans who hasn’t established a steady payment history for ‘x’ amount of time.

I can see how it would be a good strategy when I’m older and trying to divest or looking for steady cash flow.

Real estate is an opportunity to earn a steady income.

., once any rehab is done and I've hit "steady state" the general appreciation of this property will be X on average year over year).

Mine was 120v and the heater did not simultaneously run while the jets were on so if people were in it for 30 minutes and then new people got in it the temperature would drop from its standard 102 degrees down to 97 or so and where I’m at if it was 10 below zero that was a big problem.

Tampa proper is great and there are a lot of up and coming and steady areas to look at, depending on your risk tolerance.