I’m not necessarily saying I’m a proponent of buying cash flow negative property or using this logic to justify it, it’s just curious to me why it’s so readily accepted to take money out of a paycheck for say a 401k, but not so much to put that money into a negative cash flow piece of property.

Not being able to soak an arm or a leg in hot water in my home isn't acceptable.

If we accepted you, I'd refund that cost.  

It is clear that you cannot accept gift for buying investment properties.

The alternative is a nice big rent hike at the limit of legal acceptability, like 10%, and the explicit threat of keeping them coming.

In your area, you might consider https://emeraldcoastbyowner.com - a number of hosts that I'm in touch with report good results.I'm further south (Tampa Bay) and also list on https://www.floridarentalbyowners.com/ and https://www.floridarentals.com - have had some inquiries but no bookings yet.I'd also recommend getting your own web site set up so you can accept direct bookings, particularly from repeat guests - we've been doing this for a few years now and our repeat bookings continue to grow year over year, and having a direct-booking option has worked well for us.If you're not interested in setting up your own web site and booking back-end, maybe take a look at https://www.houfy.com/ set up a listing and refer your repeat guests to your Houfy listing.

Dependent on where it is, you could also calculate what you would be willing to accept on an off-market deal and then post it in the Facebook real estate groups. 

I feel like it’s a waaay too good to be true moment, the seller stated that it’s...3/1 home setA $2000 no refundable security fee and then a $775/month He said it’s not for rent and will accept cash offers I’m kinda confused on what the security fee means but figure you guys might know.

I dont know if they'll accept an appraisal value based on income approach instead of sales comp approach but if you want me to send you the banker's info and you can ask her, then DM your email address to me. 

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