Once could purchase the land (and potentially other land/real estate in the future).

- Rents, Vacancy & Maintenance metrics, future growth, etc.2) Your analysis?

I would like to buy a future retirement home to get away from the cold winters but in the meantime would love to rent it out as a vacation rental.What are the good areas to consider and where would I get the most vacation renters and cash flow?

., not available for rent) cannot be deducted as current expenses but must be capitalized, adding them to the property's basis for future depreciation once it's placed in service.

The idea of a bunch of top bank execs sitting in a boardroom discussing policy, and making their decision out of fear of backlash from a handful of people in a Facebook group or a theoretical future blurb in the news, is ridiculous. 

@Anibal SanchezWelcome to BiggerPockets and best of luck on your future ventures in real estate.

In order to help finance the care, we are currently renting house and foresee needing to draw equity from it in the future. 

With the idea you get your 6k back when fund deal/deals  MLM all the way sell the futures and the deals that Cogo did pay me off on as you stated took forever to fund and the rates were even higher than mine :)  Its just a very good Guru selling his stuff we all know they make the money selling the 6k how to become a lender. :)  

Past performance is no indication of future results.

This will go a long way in creating a network and future sellers and buyers will start to see you as a resource in this arena.