Being a firefighter gives you a distinct viewpoint and skill set that are advantageous in real estate investing.

They create a very slick looking piece but depending on your viewpoint, that can be good or bad.

(this is not a conservative view point, but in practice, you can either call or try to look them up.

Investors who have been doing this for a long time have a differnt view point than their newer peers.It's almost like Maslov's hirachy of needs - once tha basics are taken care of (food, shelter,..) you have higher aspirations.

So many viewpoints.

An alternative viewpoint on this discussion about the future of vacation rental investments, Here are six key points to consider:1.

Really interesting to hear different viewpoints and the unfortunate challenges that face the PM community players.

I respect her viewpoints and always take her into consideration, balancing the amount of chaos a move would cause.

Your either going to beat your head on the wall because of the debt and stress about it making money or stress that you paid all or a substantial amount of your cash when you go all in. i understand this will be unpopular for a lot of BP viewpoints but it worked for us, we own 2 STR that we owe nothing on now and purchased both for 670k and have a real value of $1.2-1.3mm. it requires you to put a lot of your cash back to your reserves but you have it all to do it with.Personally we believe in ourselves and our ability to pick high producing properties(that is the very first and foremost consideration) then we went all in and never looked back, 2 years later bought our second STR with mostly cash. 

*Disclaimer: I am in no way experienced with Chapter 13, this is my viewpoint only.