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My goal, is tax saving with the STR loophole, but also some rental income.

Now you have started your own little snowball and can keep picking up steam as you add more and more properties. 

So we were thinking of buying a property with a finished basement unit to rent out until we can save up for adding another unit. 

Not sure what your family situation is like, but if you sell, you may want to consider a house hack here in Tampa to start your RE journey.

Local credit unions would be a good place to start. 

To start: I am a GP of a fund which is a corporation investing in mortgage notes.

If I did not ALREADY have the assets built up (had been saving for 20+years at that point) the answer would probably be different. 

And then put the money into his own HYSA so it is earning a little interest for him while he starts to spend it for his repairs. 

Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.