With you getting the ball rolling you need to get properties under your belt and get the snow ball rolling.

I am not running out to the store panic buying like people do when we get 1" of snow.

I'm looking both around Ludlow and around Dover - so Okemo and Mount Snow.

Quote from @Chris Snow: @Dustin Tucker market is Jacksonville, FL. $315k is not out of question.

After talking to two realtors with intimate knowledge of the area, we learned that STR rents and annual occupancy are just too low to even cover the PITI of properties in the area, let alone maintenance, supplies, lawn care, snow removal, etc.

You should be in the 4's now with good credit.

It's just easier to snow a bunch of small fry LPs in general.  

They could afford their own 1-bdrm apartment, plus electric, heat, cable, snow-clearing, etc.

Extra income if you live in a Snowy climate can you use it for snow removal? 

Sun and bluebird skies of summer, the vibrant colors of fall, and the cozy snow drifts and fireplaces of winter.