And, as @Suzanne Player suggested, will he entertain a 15 year balloon amortized over 30 years, which would maintain the $600+ savings per month from my initial reply above?

My favorite post-closing question to the seller, a big player out of the Bay Area: "You got any more TD's like this situation?" 

One of the players that helped me track down an owner said they try to collect up to 40%, but if Wayne is correct, maybe he had his states mixed up. 

I'm preferably looking for a seasoned investor who's had success in one or both of these endeavors.  

I’ve heard some institutional buyers are starting to implement seasoning requirements as well, but I don’t know if opendoor is one of them. 

I will be attending my very first BP Networking Event on Wednesday, just to get familiar with the community and forming new relationships.I also attended my first sheriff sale/auction this past Tuesday, and I was so confused :D, but learned a little bit to see what else is out there.I am an action-taker/doer, and want to know what other newbies/rookies and seasoned investors/professionals are doing in this current marketplace to make deals happen?

But here is Destin/PCB, we had a few week slow down that actually seemed to extended our peak season later into the year(2020).

Zillow is predicting another crazy summer of real estate price increases.https://fortune.com/2022/03/20...

Tax season will be upon us shortly, and a house-hack adds complexity to your tax return that you did not have previously.

That said, I haven't been able to find anything there that would reliably cash flow due to the seasonality of the area.