Most of the high volume flippers myself included have morphed into new construction.. where financing Is much tougher. 

My experience with my own furnished rental is that it's a bit tougher to find a tenant over the 6 summer months who wants the furnishing. 

Also how are you financing this given that you have a partner that you are not related to; some lenders have a tougher time with that

That's tougher (not the prepaying part) in a strictly small real estate entity.

A little tougher on the buy and hold side up there.

I agree tougher words might not be easy but, you can not afford any of this and at your age will die upside down in debt in 40 years from just what you have here in debt. 

I am in the Rockfish area and I think that is a decent area but the "deals" are getting tougher to find.Do you manage all your properties?

@Brian Burke  I think one main difference is the syndicator can send out a blast email to all investors at once on a specific property. turn key or PM has 1000 different properties for 700 different people and 600 different messages much much tougher..But generally speaking syndication is a higher level organization for sure.. 

@Anthony Thompson   I had a suspicion that they're tougher areas.

I have looked a little more into cedar city than St George and it does look like finding a deal that meets the 1% rule will be tougher than the smaller rural areas.