Once rates change direction and start a new directional trend, it usually takes a major event or change in fundamentals to reverse again.

If that comes back acceptable, I set up a "contract to hold" meeting - usually the day after the email since qualified applicants need to be "closed" ASAP.

You can find online mortgage calculators that allow you to play around and see what happens if you do an extra payment or increase your payments.

I'm very surprised by the chair as well because they usually will at least replace things like that for a % of the original price (or new price). 

The best place for true private money is usually in your local meet-ups!

They usually go around you and close the deal, if they buy at all.

This entire conversation in my opinion comes into play for a group or entity that may have 50-100 STR's where the branding will matter more but to be honest from what we have seen when they get that large they usually have lack luster service and subpar reviews- in the end someone that is 1031'ing mostly cares about that cash flow at that level and that's why and mostly only why they care about buying a brand. 1-15 units and a brand is nice but in my opinion wont break a deal- we are trying to do it but in the end its more for our guests to have a simple streamlined way to book with us.

I am guessing the beach houses were usually purchased and rented with a goal of “free” family vacations being paid for (along with mortgages) by rental income.  

You also cannot have other liens on the property or a DIL is usually not an option. 

I'm working through the "picking a market" worksheet and workshop, and there are no clear instructions on how to find this. i've tried googling it, and referencing my data aggregators, but usually data goes back a year, 2-3 if I'm lucky.