@Frank Pyle yeah, this is pretty normal and the type of home you use isn't of consequence. 

The problem is that it take far more effort to LIVE that dream that it is to wake up from that Dream.I teach Real Estate Investing on the side and I will tell you 95% of the students are sitting in class dreaming or pretending that they are improving their lives just by attending the class.In the end, they don't really study.I give a Spreadsheet exam at the end of a 12 week / 1 class per week session on building a 10 Year Pro-Forma business plan for your Real Estate and I will tell you 95% fail out right.Being in class is more about dreaming than it is about putting in the effort to learn the skills to be an Investor.

New owners are normally at 2 extremes...

Now were back to a mare normal world where a person has to have that skill of forecasting, analysis, ability to "read the tea leaves" for where it's all going and if todays acquisition makes sense. 

From my understanding, normally with a VA loan assumption.

Depending on your loan it might only work in the STR game.HOA’s normally do not allow in the Oceanside area but if you get on the beach then they do with restrictions.If you want a personal consult let me know.I have a team here in Oceanside, Carlsbad.

The DST is losing $ due to upkeep costs (foundation, HVAC, normal repairs, etc.).

Outside of the obvious stuff like big house and nice expensive cars, money affords you the ability to wake up to the sunrise as opposed to an alarm clock.

Usually a pattern will emerge on a 'normal' deal in your area.

My Question is, for these up sales how do you expose these packages to the guests, are they included in your listing or added to the base price, if a guest chooses a package do they pay for the reservation how they would normally through the booking platform then pay for the package separately?