And I know, I know, that's what you were doing here...but this is more of a national website. 

Your competing with big national lenders that are offering financing with low rates by buying the rate down. 

I was the featured speaker with a local group (actually nationally presented) on building energy efficient homes. 

Without diving deep on numbers, places like Wisconsin Dells and surrounding areas, Munising, MI for Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, anything near Mackinaw Island - Cheboygan and Saint Ignace, lake towns near Boyne/Boyne Mountain to get some summer and winter traffic, maybe something near Arcadia Bluffs that sleeps 10-12 to host larger groups coming on a golf trip. 

To manage properties effectively, ensure tenant satisfaction, maintain the property, and handle legal matters, hiring a property manager who is a member of the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM) is an excellent choice.

Hi BP friends,I recently have been looking at STRs near National Parks, and I wonder whether it is a pure cashflow play, or a combination of cashflow + appreciation play?

Some US Private Money/Hard Money lenders have a Foreign National program and some do not. 

I know nationally there has been a glut of MFR entering the market.

There is also the National REIA that has REIA's all over the country. you can go to their website for more info. 

for instance even though San Diego has had amazing overall appreciation over the last half century, it was still the #1 in appreciation the past 12 months at a rate twice that of the national average.