Anyone know a contractor who will do work and get paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the property? Much thanks.

House hacking is great for an organized and responsible college student because you can do it in a small single-family and rent rooms to your friends who probably all want to get off campus or into a better house, or you can get a multi, room hack with you on your side, and room hack the other side and make more money.

People lost court cases when they tried to deduct short-term rental losses while being totally hands-off.

I would do something like this into chat GPT or goggles bard:Act as a real estate expert specializing in property management, and a consultant in business analysis and decision-making.

I found this deal through an off-market facebook group.

An agent can use an "exclusive listing agreement" with an option to sell it off market as a "pocket listing."

In many ways it's personal preference and where you can find a good deal...off-market or creative financing is the best in FL right now, otherwise the numbers don't pencil well. 

So far I have not been able to entice any laid off oil field hands to work for $15 per hour.

Is the back of the house even there (I've seen front look decent, back looks like bomb went off?)   

I'm certainly trying to avoid getting too married to one area off the bat and making a rash decision.