I’d recommend going with a local lender that you have a good relationship with as opposed to a large national company as they are likely to have better immediate customer service and are more likely to respond in a timely manner, which is important for your first loan.

We also contacted the window company, who identified it as faulty installation by the builder rather than a product defect.

take that an no great weather issues and some of the absolute lowest prop tax's no income tax and now a company that can deal with squatters the way they should be dealt with.. 

That's construction company type quantities!

I have done about 2k move in and outs, and have about 300 sec 8 and other govt programs, so I know a thing or two :) I just got 800 for a 1 br, and 950 for a two br. still much better then cash tenants What I said IS correct.

Will you manage the property yourself, or will you hire a property management company?

Does anyone have any advice for the best insurance companies to use for my policy?

Alo, I feel like its widely known Legal Zoom and like kind companies are discount options.

If you choose not to use a management company, you will likely be fielding multiple questions per day from Airbnb, on top of managing your cleaners, maintenance, etc.  

Has anyone found a company as such that would lender on renovation projects?