Does it have a second strategy if you wanted to make it short term?

You definitely aren't going to have a great predictable return, especially in the short term, if you try to invest turnkey; at least at the single family and small multi-family level. 

You can start real estate investing, reading resources, familiarizing yourself with the Albany, GA market, setting short-term and long-term goals, preparing financially, building a team, conducting property searches, conducting due diligence, making an offer, managing property, and joining local groups.

Lenders that are investor focused have recently expanded their guidelines to allow more flexible underwriting and financing terms for eligibility. 

(Loan to Cost) Can you find a private guy to lend you high LTV for short term?

Hey yall my husband and I are trying to get started in short term/hospitality we are looking in Oklahoma since there are so many people from Texas that daycation there but we have never done anything like that before.

It does not show any license form for long term rentals.

We will be looking for better lending terms and will move faster.

It's easy to obtain, costs very little, and doesn't require extra, on-going effort to maintain.

Hey @Clayton Jeanette, I'd shop around, there are very widely varying terms in HELOCs since they are usually held in house by banks.