The lease/option is up soon and we are going to try to get the seller to seller finance, but have not started the conversations yet.My idea was to build 2 lofts on top of the retail space to make into short term rentals because our city is getting a Hard Rock Casino and her shop is on the main drag between the historic downtown and where the casino is being built.  

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

some cash, and of course a rock star tenant.

Before I get started can anyone recommend some rockstar general contractors that can also guide a new investor through a rehab?

You will need to get a local, rockstar Realtor, contractor, lender, and property manager.https://www.biggerpockets.com/...I invest locally in Columbus, Ohio

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

Want to start picking up a few properties a year doing BRRRR.Memphis, Birmingham, Waco, Little Rock, Cleveland, Phoenix? 

We are right between Miami & Fort Lauderdale, 5 miles from the beach, 2 miles from Hard Rock Stadium where the Dolphins play and where the new F1 racing is, near casinos, and 15 mins. from the airport and cruise terminals. 

In 1990 the total employment for the Austin-Round Rock metro was 454,725 and had an year end unemployment rate of 4.87.

When I was 32, I hadn't discovered BP yet, and I foolishly sold a rental property I had bought in 2011 at a rock bottom price that was a killer, killer deal.