The tax rate would be 20%?

. $2,000 is about the going rate in my market.2.

Get a good cap rate basically covers your financing and ideally 20% more for maintanance, prop management fees.

Nightly rates and estimated revenue based on all the other units in the area?

This is not normal in a rising interest rate environment. 

In reality this strategy still works, but we are having to leave more of our own money in the deal because prices are high and/or rent won’t justify maxing the cash out refinance because interest rate is high.

You can often get better rates with a national lender, but the customer service is non-existent, communication probably sucks, they may ask for the same documents multiple times, etc.

Had kids in school too.

Rates can be very similar to those of conventional financing (Fannie/Freddie - full doc loans that you will need to prove income to get), but typically a little higher than conventional financing. 2nd - Networking and partnerships! 

It earns a great rate of return compared to a bank account and is fairly liquid.