Also, you will have really high utility bills, because your guests will leave the heat at 75 degrees with the window open.You will also have to either get a management company or deal with marketing, reservations, contracts, receiving payments from guests, security deposits, housekeepers, maintenance, keys, etc yourself.

Any added expense from her blocking you will be deducted from their security deposit.

Maybe Florida fraud comes to our attention a lot because people are more vigilant and or/public about it there?

Hoping @JonHoldman has an idea for approximate cost to pull this off.

save your money the local realtor boards provide the MLS to it's members (brokers/agents) and usually they offer public access to their system, although not as sexy as say a Zillow or Truilia the data is very accurate and updated within minutes not days also when you sign up there is no spam and you have direct access to the listing agent.

Property is owned in an LLC (single asset entity, formed just for this deal), LLC is the borrower, property AND my interest in the LLC secure the loan.

For a single family I know I would want more just to feel secure.

You can then sue in small claims for damages in excess of security deposit.

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Whether that is in securities, real estate or cash holdings, there isn't any way to trick a bank/lender into thinking you have more collateral.