Quote from @Carlos Ptriawan: you know what's funny, even when using direct booking (eg: from the PM), the potential renter is still has too choose from 30 different houses or even more.it's just not worthed, I also never type "hilton.com" or "hyatt" when booking i always search for "hotels" or "hotwire" , and that's it.for buyer/renter it is about aggregated experience....Sounds like we're on the same page.  

I’ve heard it is bad practice to personally guarantee a business loan. 

Love the area (Mooresville, NC), saw a huge value-add potential.

However, most of the work involved involves searching for off-market raw land with development potential, finding the owner and seeing if they're willing to sell. 

I am seeking insights and recommendations from the community regarding potential locations in and around Orlando where full duplexes might be more readily available within my budget.My plan is to house hack, and based on my initial calculations, I anticipate an extra expense of $1.5K beyond rental income to cover the mortgage.

I believe Beaufort has potential STR destination capabilities down the line.

I've read somewhere online that you should do the latter, but at the same time if I were to calculate ROI as if it was a potential new purchase I would base the calculation on the downpayment, right?

Because the vast vast majority of potential sellers are homeowners (not investors or developers selling new), and will have to find another home in which to live.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

I just wanted to add that if your spouse qualified as a real estate professional, then you potentially could take the write off :) Its worth something exploring!