Short term rental is always a larger gamble with more headaches than a long term rental.

I heavily attract a lot of agents to EXP so I tend to stay on top of what's happening amongst other brokerages if you are looking at the numbers around EXP for flipping homes depending on how many flips you do per year it may look more attractive at other brokerages short term (depends on the amount of flips, price point, etc). 

Historic average is about 60 buildings for sale at any time, so we are way down. 

I have discussed this with my contractor and he says that to go over it with vinyl is the best thing (the sellers have just painted it but it is crumbling in several areas) and that he has to wear a full respirator setup like he would for lead based paint abatement or other hazardous materials but just screwing into it doesn’t disturb it so much that it is too much of a problem.

I’ll try to make this short: my wife and I own a duplex that we did a live in BRRR (got the refi at 3.5%) and had owned an airbnb that we operated for 6 years but sold because the town decided to do away with them (very nice of them).

Expand your knowledge and connections in the real estate industry by attending networking events and building professional relationships.Make sure your short-term plans match up with your long-term objectives and consider looking at different markets with positive economic indicators, job growth, population growth, affordability, and rental demand.

You may want to take some time to write down your long term and short term goals, and use that as a way to work backwards towards what is the best next step. 

It is the first time we are using this bank so I’m not sure if that’s the reason?

We are a small mom and pop operation with 40 units in small market towns in Central Texas. 

I also agree with Dan that this will likely be short lived.