She made up a schematic of all furnishings for a 700 sq ft one br beach house, this time with links to stores, physical and online, to make purchases and alternates as well.

It’s a clunky workaround but much better than the alternative of having to work through an overloaded and sympathetic court system.

If I were getting started in San Antonio with $100K to invest, I would explore some of these alternative options.

As an alternative to short-term rentals, try looking into "traveling nurses" as prospective tenants.

This could be a very powerful option as an alternative to continuing to grow my portfolio.

Either way, I always tell buyers we want to find the best deal, but you almost cant go wrong with a house hack, because even the worst house hack in town is better than the alternative, renting or buying a single family home. 

They also have a 'plan provider' branch called Directed IRA (that also deals with SOLO401Ks etc.. too)They would know the answers and if there is any alternatives for you.

It's a good alternative to long term rentals if that's your situation.

I'm wondering if there is a platform out there for handling payment and reservation outside of Airbnb or vacation rental by owner.

I know Seller Financing would be an alternative but that is difficult to come by, should  I be calling Hard Money lenders, I still want a good interest rate as I am a buy and hold investor so I need a longer term and no balloon payments.