@Wayne Brooks simple advice, seems like a pretty bad gamble given the bottom line!

Remember the BP mantra  appreciation like your talking about is gambling and its all about cash flow  :)  you speculator you !!! 

Personally, I would prefer to hire locally but our tax code seems to make offshore VA's more attractive, but I digress...Can anyone offer any advice or suggestions?  

I funded WL heavily when I was working offshore and needed somewhere to put my money.

That can work I have seen it done but now you are talking about gambling.  

@Michael Chilcott it's definitely better to get in at a fixed rate if possible, but it just depends on if you want to take the gamble and how sure you are of the value that may come back.  

This is a gamble but possibly worth the risk if you are a risk taker.

Of course my accounts are totally personal anecdote but I own over 3500 units on the mainland and grew up here in Hawaii so I tend to have a decent amount of awareness.So going back to the argument that Hawaii will never go down in value... well it could appreciate but I consider that gambling.

I like Vegas, people have shown how committed they are to gambling.

Sponsors need to get paid for their time and LPs should want for them to feel financially stable so that they're not doing moonlighting gigs to make ends meet while they're gambling with their money.