Living in a destination location full of tourists has given me opportunity to purchase and hold potentially great rental/Air BnB properties.

And those vacation destinations can also be more prone to seasonality (for both nightly rents as well as a vacancy rates), economic swings, drive-to vs. fly-to vacation spots, etc.  

Do you have a strategy to pivot given you are a fly-to destination for STR?

Mathews finds his potential investors by attending various Real Estate Training Events, Cruises, Masterminds, IRA Training, etc. held all over the country.

All my cruising on the MLS has come up with nothing regarding a possible home for us.

Have you thought about investing in a vacation rental in somewhere like Destin or Panama City Beach?

If you offer below market on ANY property - probate, REO, whatever - you need to do a full analysis and justify your offer, such as on the property condition, comparable sales, ... all the factors.The point is not just to get a low price, it's to get the lowest price you can possibly justify or negotiate.David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.

It's very attractive to families and more or less go on cruise control after you purchase them. 

Strong tenant mix of destination tenants and asking cap 7.5 or so where we can buy close to an 8 cap.That's a win for my passive clients as with debt and 25% down we can get 15 to 18% coc going in.

Instead, via marketing skills and filtering out target candidates (income, travel destinations, interest to buy property there, average frequency of place visits, age,...), I would like to offer to seller a chance, if he/she wants to, that I also try for him/her and find potential buyer on my own.