#3 a distant 3rd, direct mail via post cards or letters.  

This way, at least my portion will be tax safe in the distant future if taxes were to get to 50/50 or even worse.

Vacant McMansions, 0% rental vacancy, and seas of townhomes (without urban density) all look like a very real possibilities here in the not too distant future.

I know the intellectuals fancy NPV, but they hand-waive away the problems with ACCURATELY forecasting discount rates for distant cash flows in projects.

I too spend about $10k-15K per property for furnishings and since you are now receiving bookings you can rest easy that "the money will come" and this upfront expenditure will be a distant memory. 

I'm guessing you'll be seeing some awesome returns in the not too distant future!

I ask my Realtor to refer me to the lister on distant properties.

Appears they think we're going to get a period of hyperinflation in the not-to-distant future.

I've been looking at turnkeys in Jacksonville, Indianapolis, and as a distant third choice, Kansas City and have been trying to understand what I'd be getting into - more specifically, what type of CLIENT/RENTER I would be getting into.  

Those that either purchase a property once a year, or save to buy each property in cash, within the intent of either cashing out on appreciation in the distant future or accumulating a few thousand in cash flow to bulk up retirement income.The second camp, I'll call cash-flow now, damnit, investors.