Putnam - old mill town, lots of antique stores, right next to major highway, farm to table restaurants... definitely building up as they have lots of festivals and the like, there's a draw there. 3.

I read these forums religiously everyday and I have the books and the deal analyzer and all that, just not sure of the steps and what order.

The Private lender that I selected for this deal claimed that he is always willing to close church deals as long as the income was strong and the borrower had reserves and if need be they would look at additional guarantors .Well I figured this was an easy match until the lender began to speak on the conference call and made a ton of insensitive remarks, a few religious jokes gone wrong and even an ill timed reference to pornography.

I have been following the site and listening to the podcasts religiously for about a year now.

Try to create strategy and stick with it and follow it religiously. 

The building is on main street within a growing community and faces the town courthouse and a park where concerts and festivals are periodically held. 

I didn't consider it to be a destination, but Boulder, RMNP are, and Lyons has a bluegrass festival that is pretty popular, I'm near the Boulder County Fairgrounds which has several big events every year, etc.The owner of the duplex next door has an AirBnB property that is rented at least 60% of the time - all for a small town that isn't a destination location. 

Like in Austin during SXSW, musical festival, F1, just plain relaxing close to lake are few good points to stay in STR.

It is a breakdown of what business really entails through the religious lense.

I have recently become extremely interested in real estate investing and have been reading books, listening to pod casts, and studying these forums religiously.