For past 12 months I've brought 20 families from my community (eastern European immigrants) and the street quality changed big time.

Here are also 12 others that you might want to join.Conferences: Vacation Rental World Summit: An independent event held in Florence this year, smaller group (attendance capped at 200 people)Rezfest: Hosted by HomeAway, primarily for homeownersVrtech: Another one that's primarily European, has a focus on technologyPhocuswright: Travel conference (not specific to vacation rentals)Vacation Rental Success Summit: Another independent event primarily for homeowners, held in TorontoFinally, the average yearly vacancy rate will depend on a lot—including location, the home, how you're managing bookings, etc.

His wife is from abroad and from a very traditional university-educated background with an extremely rigid European mindset --  she simply doesn't understand why he bought a cheap place to live in and fix up.

The property is 6 month old in an exclusive Caribbean island highly sought after by USand European wealthy tourists.

i think if you have an interesting niche or more exotic type of property, id look into selling them to rich europeans or rich south american investment groups. every now and then, i hear about them purchasing things like a small 34 unit motel on the florida beach for something ridiculous like 3.6 millionother than that, my only strategy would be to pick a solid realtor and just wait for the best offer

Overall this is a very practical and european style kitchen.

I had no idea what this was, so I looked it up and found that this is essentially a tax ID number for folks in the European Union.

@Chris Armstrong  I have tried "European" sized business cards in order to "stand out".  

Per the husband: The Europeans have been doing it for decades.

All, I'm State, not DOD, but wondering if folks in europe have any meetups going?  Happy to organize one.  I' m in the Balkans now.