Find a house for sale where the owner owes no money (nationally, about 40% of homes are owned free and clear).  

So we've invested in some national syndicated deals.  

Contrary to multiple letter writing campaigns and already being historically the 4th highest state an overall tax burden according to the Tax Foundation, Vermont‘s legislature has apparently just increased the state M&R tax to 12% which appears to bump it up to the 4th most taxed state in the country for short term rentals, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures: 1.

Pricing has been softening a bit, but values are still appreciating above the National average.

National Fire Safety Week is every October.

I'd love to hear anyone else's advice, and particularly if you're working in Metro Detroit if you have local or national lenders. 

We don’t have hurricanes or tornadoes but I suppose a wildfire might be a possibility with the amount of National forests around us.

There are programs for foreign nationals that allow for financing as high as 75%.  

there is a lot of competition - you're going to be up against both other low-budget operations and also high-budget, national operations. 

I think presenting summary data on what the national average is for the different types of coverage would be a good place to start.