Interest rates and points are not the only criteria upon which to base a decision; length of loan, amortization and if you can get it “loan assumability” especially with no qualifying and no rate escalation could e much more important. 

These both have restrictions on membership/guest amenity usage.

Quote from @Fareen E.: The available/start date is the day the unit is ready for a tenant to occupy.

No idea if it is accurate or if anything has changed since then, but it indicated the following:PROGRAM 1 Owner use up to 2 weeks 50% of Adjusted Gross Standard FF&E in high season & 2 weeks Revenues from the Unit and accessory in low season package required.

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Even after guests book and pay their message system blocks out e-mail addresses and phone numbers, so I'm left resorting to spelling out my phone number in odd ways to get around it.

For your existing rental property, the net rental income from your Schedule E on your most recent return will be used in your DTI.

If the note holder purchased the note at a discount he can accelerate his profits and increase his ROI by offering the borrower an incentive to pay off the note early, or to make e extra payments.  

I have only done a few deals but the thing I constantly having to remind myself is R/E is a long game. 

Pulled this together for a RE Investor meet up on how "today's tech stack" is breaking down historical concerns of STRs being a time-suck for RE Investors when looking at either purchasing properties for STR deployment or evaluating assets for STR usage vs other strategies.