I've decided, starting off, that I'd like to try renting apartments in my current market (Jacksonville, Florida) then furnishing them and offering them to traveling professionals on AirBNB and/or furnished finder. 

If your parents have a long-term mortgage on it already when offer to manage the property while they're in the Floridas for a split of profit?

Greetings BP folks,My wife and I are negotiating a deal in our area for a home that has a tax lien from the city and county.We have been working with the seller for quite some time and were offered the opportunity to purchase the home at a great price, we also have agreed to pay off the tax lien in addition to the purchase price. 

Currently, I'm only offered 27 hours of work per week at an average/below-average pay rate, which isn't nearly enough to save for a down payment or qualify for a loan.I've tried selling belongings to generate extra income, but it's not sustainable in the long run.

We do offer bank statement HELOCs for business owners who don't show income on paper but can show revenue coming in(bank statements), doesn't sound like that applies here.Freddie Mac allows for assets to be counted as income, 70% of total divided by 240.

I have a single family house in N Las Vegas which is on the market but not getting any viable offers.

Plan to update the electrical service to the building and potentially the plumbing service coming in.

For those considering the Caribbean, the USVI offers the same fee simple ownership as the mainland, thus reducing risk. 

David,Why sell if its a future retirement that will offer equity/cash flow.

I am a 25 year Real Estate agent in SoCal (mostly residential however venturing more into commercial; and getting back into investing in other states as well, which will be my next post) I have tried quite a few lead services and while some may do better in other areas of the country , most seem to a flop in this area, of those tried HouseJet, Reaology, USHud and Realty Bargains( Realty Bargains was the best however they kept sending me mostly investors who's matrix would not pencil in the areas I serve)  I am doing my best to figure out social marketing, my views/impressions are good however that has not turned into transactions as of yet; So I am on the hunt for a 3rd party lead co with quality Seller leads.