Hello!

Learned about the site from the best real estate advice podcast (highly recommend checking it out).

My name is Nat Birdsong.
I am a full-time real estate broker in the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina....

What brought me to this sight was the topic of Grant Cardone.. how his business models deferred new investors with no money down techniques.

Really like the model!

Start from there to see if you want to offer similar or better brand/model depend on your target sales price.

I'm not sure about large apartment complex's as that is not our business model.  

You are trying to compensate for your lack of experience with a more attractive compensation model.

For example, if, in an 18 hour waking period, you spend 2 hours snooping through the AirBNB, writing down the makes and models of appliances, figuring out the distribution of the mini shampoos and inventorying how many cooking supplies your hosts are providing and the thread count of the sheets, then an auditor might allow you to take 10% of your total trip expenses as a deduction.If, however, in an 18 hour waking period, you spend 6-8 hours per day interviewing Hosts, researching which properties would make good AirBNBs, researching the local laws, touring properties, meeting with an agent and vigorously pursuing your next acquisition, you'd have a MUCH better case for writing off your travel expenses (but probably not your lift tickets and equipment rental).If, on the other hand, you are traveling and on vacation and just hang out in your AirBNB without actually performing any activities, then the odds that an auditor will allow any deduction at all is pretty minimal.In any audit, it would be up to you to document the business purpose of your trip.  

A good designer can often weave the client's aspirations with the technical requirements-- and make it look good ;-)

The issue is having the cash to take advantage of those, so you may want to build your network to include some hard money lenders that could work with you if that fits your investment model/goals.

Model homes, a pick-your-finish scenario, etc.