My biggest takeaway from it is the Mastermind Theory. 

I think we will use the money to buy the biggest lot I can buy and finance the building of a duplex or maybe a triplex, where my family can live and rent out the other 1 or 2 units to other families that will help us pay the duplex/triplex.

You've cleared up my biggest questions though, and I appreciate it.

But the biggest cost I can see would be having to get a securities broker involved.

In terms of goals, I am am looking to create another revenue stream for our business and an assets that appreciate over time.  

We are little by little paying off debt and saving everything we can to make this happen while actively looking at local properties.The biggest issue many investors run into is not calculating all the numbers correctly.

The biggest challenge with getting a non owner conventional loan is that lenders give you 75% of the actual monthly rental income when calculating dti.

The biggest one here is the energy codes.

Florida already has “a very broad and very deep pre-emption on vacation rentals,” he said.Poole cited one report that found the vacation-rental industry generated $1.2 billion in revenue through rentals to 6.6 million guests in Florida last year.

The biggest issue is to have the right management in place.