Does anyone  have advice/tips for lending  options  . 

If you have experience investing in this area of the country and can shed some light and insight into taxes, insurance, Airbnb options (easy/hard/impossible), permits, flooding, other potential issues, etc., I'd be most grateful!

Out of state investing is a great option especially if your state isn't as investor friendly. 

Airbnb because it's for furnished rentals and Zillow because I've found people looking for unfurnished often convert quite fast when given a long-term furnished option.

Any words of wisdom or details on what it's good at or doesn't do well, compared to other CRMs and marketing/messaging/emailing/dialing platforms?

James,There are several grant options and DPA program out there have you reviewed all of your options and compared them to BOA? 

Are there any other options aside from the rehab loan other than cash? 

One way of doing this would be to keep everything currently in your father's name, create a living trust, and son and daughter would be beneficiaries of the trust, and properties will remain in that trust upon your fathers passing in the future, from there you will have options as to what happens. 

There are a few options, but before you think of paying them off...can your money make you more doing something else?

I'm not seeing many great options online.Any thoughts would be helpful.Thanks