I know the % on ARV will likely be effected due to it being my first time using hard money, however, wanted to gather some suggestions.

What I was thinking about doing is taking out the HELOC in order to make some improvements to the property using OPM and hang on to my cash.Given that I am putting down 25% on the property it seems like I would have enough equity to get a HELOC but I'm not up to speed on how HELOCs work.If there is a better option to accomplish the same goal that you can suggest I would love to hear it.  

Does anyone have a suggestion on what I should do to secure long-term financing?

Great suggestions.

Any suggestions would be great.

Any suggestions on what part of Broward or even palm beach or Miami date will be a good location for rental property.  

Being that we are still new to REI, if anyone has suggestions or knowledge they could share, that would be awesome.

Making the "vision"/dream as easy as possible for the retail/non-sophisticated buyer may really open some opportunities.

dont have any immediate suggestion but just empathizing with you since im going through a similar eviction delay that tenant has managed to pull off.  

There have been a few times that I have suggested to a guest to just book another night at lower rate if they request this prior to booking.