how do I use creative methods to obtain leads?

You can learn to do this on your own or get a rockstar REALTOR to lead the way.

If so, how/where do you source these leads?

Short term cash flow is great but as you have found it comes at a cost.

The short answer is "yes"As a company, we've been able to maintain strong occupancy at 97% while achieving organic rent increases of 5.2% across our residential portfolio over the the past 12 months and been able to achieve rent increases on average of 5% while maintaining occupancy of 97% for the year prior to that as well in 2021.In regard to the new acquisitions, our experience has been consistent with the stats as well.

Short answer is....

@Darian Gore Here are the things that many CPAs support their clients with:Understanding tax impact of short-term vs. long-term vs. flip before you buyWhich entity structure is best for goals and investment property typeTax and compliance on LLC or S-CorpHow to transfer property out of personal name into LLC (hard to buy 1st through entity)Ways to optimize taxes throughout the yearHow best to set up accounting to track income and expenses (doing this late is a mess)Feedback on property management systems, accounting systems. systems, etcEstimated payments to avoid penaltiesKnowing when to file and getting things in on timeMaybe a few things I missed, but this is the high-level ….. if you can get answers to the above questions on your own, plan, and file your own taxes then you can avoid the expense of a CPA.

However, Montgomery takes the lead in terms of affordability or cash flow.As for your credit, there are definitely workarounds.

If you short term rented the home year round, I'd be trying to figure out if it's even profitable?

In short, unless you plan to do some significant rehab and hold it for another year, I doubt you could increase the valuation with the high revenue.