Many wholesalers are actually selling the property, as far as can be determined from how they promote and advertise what they are doing.

Is there anything that gives a town a unique geographic or economic advantage/moat compared to another town? 

Me and my husband have a trust and so far we have put all our assets including homes under this trust. 

Just got off the phone with this guy.

Most homes for sale on the MLS are not looking to go with seller financing, in my experience usually you get those types of offers from the seller looking for buyers that want seller financing which is few and far between.I think your best bet here could be to offer sub2 but even that is a far stretch.

I was beginning to think that VRBO is where you go when you've been kicked off the Airbnb platform for mischief. 

Figure out ways to source off-market deals that are closer to meeting the criteria you are looking for (The higher your standards, the more difficult it will be, but that's the point of good deals).

so far so good Lessons learned?

As far as the mixed use conversion goes, that depends.

But definitely the kid gloves are off now.Thank you