Plus, the Chamber and City have done a great job of filling the convention schedule with tons of off-season events to keep hotels busy in the winter.  

Lots of lists you can buy to market too - craigs list is a great way to go - offer referal fee's to your current customers - go to local networking meetings (not just RE focused) - chamber of commerce meetings - small biz meetings etc.....

Originally posted by Don Chambers: But if you have to replace the appliances anyway, and you are rewiring the house, it may be good to replace go all electric.By "rewiring the house", do you just mean adding some 220 volt receptacles for the electric dryer and the range?

Have you tried the local chambers of commerce/economic development?

Ask the Chamber of Commerce to see what future is telling them.  

See how the economy is doing at a city organization like the Chamber of Commerce and ask if there anything planned for the future that may effect you and about what you will be doing and the area you picked to primarily seek out your place to be. 

They never go away regardless of who holds the chambers of Congress. 

We have developed a rapport with the seller, and she has been advising us and connecting us with the local chamber of commerce, lodging association, etc., which has all been great, however, we have a problem:The current owner treated the BNB as a semi-retirement job, and did not keep good records in regards to the previous stays... many were cash paying guests and were not recorded at all... this has forced her to have to sell the property as a residence, and is making it difficult for us to finance through regular channels.  

Try to contact them and network with themThey usually have a good grasp of the market and have good contactsAlso look into the chamber of commerceGino

Hi Keela Chambers,Congratulations on being interested in real estate at such a young age.