That rental money reinvested into these value add components should theoretically have a 3-5X, or more, return.

I design every house and multifamily and mixed use development we do including every component, assembly, etc.

With housing prices skyrocketing, the increasing cost of raw components and lumber, and labor shortages, the idea of owning a piece of income property is just not in the cards anymore for many individuals.

I'm over at eXp Commercial, and with the size of the company it opens up a number of opportunities to collaborate with other brokers all over the US and the world. eXp and REAL both offer a revenue share component which incentives agents to form teams and bring on other agents, I think that is one of the drives for both

I would also think that a sexual component is in play here being a pool area where people are scantily clad or maybe even skinny-dipping? 

I'm from Mexico, so I'll try to embark on a mission to tropicalize some of the content, components and costs to this market.

At some point you need a new roof, plumbing, windows, HVAC, etc - setting aside 5% of rent may cover a new water heater, but very few components of a house last more than 50 years.It's 2024: books written in 2015 or 2018 are based on the market conditions in year 5 years before they were written.

While the design a key component to getting people to book your property, the stay experience is key.  

This then wraps back into the raising capital dilemma, as that is the major component that I'm missing.I know this was a post full of jarbled thoughts and questions but if anyone has even a shred of insight or advice, that would be much appreciated!

Death and tax's, those are your 2 "guarantees" in life, everything else has a risk factor, a component of "chaos" in it.