I’ve been investing in the Tampa Bay area for over 20 years, with around 30 rentals myself, and it’s always inspiring to see folks like you diving in with such focus on cash flow.It’s amazing how buy & hold can really shift your lifestyle—I actually started out similar to you and eventually left my day job to focus on real estate full-time.

How did you overcome it?

Management has to allow you to STR, and not change their minds in the future.

You should have a tax person explain to you how the stepped-up basis may help your beneficiary.

If there's anyone you know moving from out of town into the area, let me know and I'll make the process as smooth as possible. 

Own one home currently 1,770sqft 3bed2bath. 15yr fixed 2.625% -- Mortgage +  Escrow $1650/mo, worth $365k, owe $135kTrying to buy a $400k home to move the family into, but keep our current home as a rental property.Considering refi, heloc, or home equity loan to access equity for $80k down payment.Would rent my current house for about $2,100-$2,400/moCan someone with some knowledge/experience tell me what's the ideal way to access my equity to make the most investment sense?

@Matt McCalley Did you move forward here?

For SMS its the skip traced / phone numbers you use to SMS to.   

@Michael Clark, we are in the same market so I'll hit your inbox and maybe we can talk offline, but I'll make some comments here for everyone as well. 1.

just look at sales and you can change to filter to recents.