Often he was able to negotiate these deals.  

I don’t know that there are certain buildings particularly and heavily populated areas that do not allow for Airbnb rentals but that’s completely different Love you deals directly with the homeowners Association of the property and not necessarily Airbnb or the state of Florida.

You can buy deals at at 15% down (if it's turnkey) or lower if you're using hard money (for a BRRRR-type scenario).

As we grow older, it will be a topic we will be dealing with more and more.Thanks for sharing!

We're also able to evaluate our rates, and keep pace with inflation, on a monthly and quarterly basis because of shorter term leases.Now we syndicate larger self-storage deals and work with passive investors.

Let a future buyer deal with the mini split an electrical panel upgrade if they choose too.   

Another system is InvestorFuse which is specialized for real estate investors and their deal pipeline. 

Any suggestions on how to best structure the deal in order to put down less cash or be able to take the cash out if I buy it low enough?

The anonymity isn't near as big a deal as people make it out to be. 

I would not cancel the deal- I would allow the seller to do his thing, then schedule a final walkthrough  and bring a 3rd party with me (contractor, handyman or inspector).