Or conversely, cheap rent will bring out the poor applicants in droves and those tend to have many personal problems.

Brokers are your best bet in my opinion.

I bet you $100 you’ll find 97% of climate change scientist predict the world population will be double at the turn of the century. 

Otherwise, you go into more and more "advanced/creative/exotic" financing.Really your best bet is to chat with some lenders. 

As for having the STR in and LLC, I feel it’s a better bet to do so.

Hello all,I am still new to this but have about 3-4 months of reading books (Rich Dad Poor Dad, 10 Commandments for real estate investors) listening to the BP podcast, and been looking around the Maryland market, so with that said, anyone have any advice for a good private money lender or hard money lender in the Southern Maryland Area. 

We found this deal by looking at Zillow and only looking at properties that had been on the market for 60+ days, and it had poor quality pictures and overgrown front yard, making most people look the other way!

Your best bet is to start networking with other flippers at meetups, REIA meetings, and as an agent.At the highest level, flipping is very easy, you need to know rehab costs and ARV.  

When I house hacked my first property, he proposed an agreement with the tenant on a new rent price upfront because the verbiage of SB608 is so poorly written by politicians.

Forget trying to get them to return and fix poor work.