Here's just an outline:Legal (entities, transactional, consultation)Accounting (tax prep, possibly payroll)City business licensesTaxes (SE tax, Cap Gains tax)Closing costs/title insuranceHomeowners insuranceBookkeepingProperty taxesAgent/Broker feesProperty management feesHard money feesThe opportunity cost of money and time.That's just a short list.

What kind of % down would new investors be looking at when trying to obtain a STR in the SE Gilbert/Chandler area?

You will find there are a lot of other SE WI investors in the BP community. 

That's not really investing, per se (i.e., it is not the actual buying and selling of an asset). 

This type of listing is illegal in many states.I am not against wholesaling per se, but can't say the same for some of the frequent posters on the site, who vehemently oppose it, and will continue to oppose it until their last breath...lol.   

Dunno that anyone's in charge per se, but here's the thread :)http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/86/topics/80565-bp-meetups-denver-2013

@Kyle Maxwell  hey that would be great to meet up and get se brainstorming going!

Condo on Pennsylvania Ave SE (3bd/1ba, w/ parking)2.

So you are earning 8% interest on $15k you never capitalized per se.  

One was focused more on properties that might have commercial use, while the other 2 basically left their cards up on any of the residential properties (excluding SE) until one or the other got it.