Hi all, I'm getting started with mid-term rentals (~60 days) and trying to understand how the Pinellas county transient and Florida lodging taxes work. 

I don't know how long it would take and I'm not even sure I would get a response so I could be wasting time. 

With rising interest rates and the widening wealth gap, first-time homebuyers are by locked out of the housing market, it seems long-term rental demand is solid but of course it would be important to get quality tenants in the better parts of town.

He gets terms for his build portion and you have to put up actual funds.

Our plan is to hold this medium-term rental property to build equity and develop a larger portfolio soon.

As long as the appraisal will support it, you can get it refinanced.

Purchase price: $317,000 Cash invested: $30,000 Short term primary -> long term hold with a 3.25% interest rate.

Holding long-term Lessons learned?

As long as the rental income covers the new mortgage payment, you qualify.

It encourages this behavior, increases the odds they will repeat the behavior, increases the odds that another LL will get to experience thus from this tenant, and in the long term increases the chance it will happen to you again.