Having a lease in place will help you as well - some lenders won't refi a vacant property.For your refi, you're usually looking at 75-80% max LTV with a debt service loan.

A brand new calculator is just that, a calculator.

You don't have to spend a fortune and buy a house directly on the beach to do well, but your starting price point for a viable option in this market is around $350-$450k for a solid 2-3 bedroom oceanfront condo or around $500k for a 3-4 bedroom house within walking distance of the beach. 

The good thing about this is you can do a parent listing offering the whole place, as well as 2 other listings for each unit. 

Price range seems to be so fluid from what I'm seeing - as I'm sure you well know this but a home in one town might be $20,000/$30,000 variation in another.

Obviously, their capital gains are well beyond the $500k primary residence exemption. 

Hello BP Members,I hope you're all doing well!

Quote from @Jeremy Holden: STR's are alive and well down in Metro Phoenix, Arizona . 

He's lived in Japan a few years as well (Fukuoka, I believe).

The gentleman Chris Koerner seemed well educated on the topic (mobile home park investing) and he gave enough information and follow-up documents that you could take the information and run.