If the newly renovated property cash flows as a single family rental, perhaps you take that route for a couple of years until you can see where travel patterns are when the lease is up.  

Most people here seem to recommend against mixing family and business, but if you're confident in your analysis and know that this deal is going to cash flow, you can make it work.3.

I think with each passing week where we have not gained confidence about Covid and how to deal with and reopening our economy, the problem gets magnified and worse.

If you like international travel, one angle that is interesting about the Orlando area is international house swapping.

Luckily I had a great mentor which gave me the know-how and confidence to take down a deal out of state.

Call them and tell them your exact criteria and be specific and confident.

Even though I am confident in my abilities to identify most issues, I always hire an inspector for the following reasons:(a)  it is a second set of trained eyes looking for problems(b)  any problems I find without an inspection could not be used to retrade or cancel the contractI consider the $400 a bargain when it comes to getting another opinion on structural issues with a six-figure purchase. 

Hi everyone, I'm somewhat losing confidence in finding funding.

It sounds like you travel a lot, so a quick Uber or drive to the airport will likely give you much life back.

You have some very good questions that are going to have to get answered before your confidence is good enough to move forward.