The good thing I've seen with short-term rentals is the ability to try it out for a bit and then have the option to go back to long term if the STR doesn't pan out.

I’m just trying to figure out the terms, and how it would pan out, if it’d be even anything to pursue.

Pan Am University)  then got a huge parcel in Elsa, Tx to do a planned unit development of some kind. 

I know you don't know me but if you were a college educated military veteran with a broker's license which entry level job in real estate would you pursue in the pacific northwest?

A lot of new investors think it's not a big deal to just get someone to give an estimate based on the fact that "you are going to do a lot of future deals together", but that almost never pans out.

When I moved here in 2016, I saw lots of potential, but it hasn't panned out for us. 

I'm currently attending university outside the U.S. and am panning to buy my first home when I get back.

With Sierra Pacific Mortgage and a private money loan.

The heaviest thing I need to move might be a box of new pots and pans.

Could be lead paint, asbestos, polybutylene pipes, aluminum wiring, federal pacific panels, galvinized steel pipes, lead pipes.The fact is the vast majority of houses with any of these flaws are perfectly fine, and only a small minority of them will cause issues for their owners.Ask 10 different knowledgeable people about how bad any of these issues are and youll get 10 different answers.