I've watched a ton of BP podcasts and videos but I'm brand new to the forum.My long story short is that my wife and I had our second baby on the way and although our rent arrangement is very favorable, we needed to upgrade for more space.

I used to rent by the room in UCF area, but long term rentals are less work. 

The roof can last another year or so but then will cost about $20k to replace.

Nothing unusual in my 35 long years of working in different specialty.Thanks for helping the BP communityVivek

I have been a long time listener to the Bigger Pockets podcast.

Depending on the article, there is between $26B and $30B under construction, and the last job fair had over 20,000 open jobs.In ConclusionWhile nothing is guaranteed, the combination of population growth and limited land for expansion virtually assures that prices and rents will continue to increase.Thanks for reading my post.

We are in the STR Zone, and the goal (if possible) is to get the project complete before 2026 Fifa world cup. do STR for 2026 and start long term renters after.

The wifi is what will allow you to access the door remotely.If you don't want wifi on it, Then you can still get a smart lock you'll just need to pre-program several different codes into it, and then give out those codes appropriately but you'd need to be on site at the door itself to program initially or update it.From personal experience I find the touch screen or wifi locks to be complete POS's that are not reliable and the battery does not last long.  

And you do a cost seg study, If you plan to hold this property long term does it make sense to do this?

You wouldn't use hard money for long term financing, and you shouldn't use a Heloc for this either.