I don't recommend to bank on this because of rate fluctuations.

We learned so much but with so much market fluctuations during that time we didn't have any offers accepted.

markets fluctuate constantly..  

The most practical advice I can give is to try to answer the following questions:How well I am positioned to absorb market and interest rate fluctuation?

One nice aspect of multi-families and long term investing is that they weather market fluctuations better than SFHs, so even if your market goes down, you'll have tenants paying until one day when value is back up.

Of course, all markets fluctuate in the short term as well, and it is a matter of hedging and insulating yourself from these short term fluctuations to get to the long term profits.

That's a fluctuation between $271K and $349K in the portfolio. 

I don't think the markets that fluctuate double digit percentages every year make for very good investments as there is always the risk of a massive drop off at any time.

Since reits fluctuate like any publically held security folks generally don't hold them very long. 

I'm specifically looking around Killington / Chittenden area of Vermont, as I feel like that's a sought after spot.I'm curious as to how the vacancy fluctuates between the four seasons.