My team and I develop residential and commercial in Salt Lake, Davis, and Weber Counties.

The last thing you want is a brand that will take 2 weeks to get repaired if needed.We have Maytag units in our lake house and they have been rock steady for 7 years.

Jamie,You can buy the other lake home using a 15% down investment program or DSCR. 

Day trips to the lakes versus overnights makes a lot of sense.

I did this with many folks on the road our lake house is on and they call if there is an issue.

@Kasondra Milton- hi there ...thanks ...Raised in the fairport area ...live on west coast now ..last summer I had to return to Roch area to help with a family illness  situation ...I stayed in a AIRBNB that was close to Strong hospital for 3 weeks ...in my search for places - I must say I was surprised at the lack of options ( at least at that time ) ...that being said - I agree with your comment about the fact that Greater  Roch  likely  wont  attract a large amount of renters consitently  ( outskirts  like  finger lakes are a diff story ) - thanks and good luck

@Andy MirzaIt tried lake city for a few loans and let me save everyone the headache as well.

It’s def more expensive on the northside and especially along the lake front.  

For me personally, I chose Reno because I wanted to be close to Northern CA (where I have family), I love the outdoors and being close to Lake Tahoe, and all of the underlying tech and manufacturing jobs coming into the area, coupled with land constraints juicing appreciation here. 

I was just the RE Broker on the townhouse project had nothing to do with the deal between the investor and the developer ( they had 4 or 5 other deals going at the time) But on this one the Investor sued and he sued ALL of us.. including most of the subs that worked on the project the developers staff  Myself  The guy who put the pilings in for the Peir in the lake the landscapers the janitorial folks I mean everyone..