Yeah, I think the best opportunities to try to break even & cover your costs in the Poconos are either on the high end of the market or the low end of the market.Either go all-in & buy a dazzling $700k+ lakefront house in Lake Naomi, rent it for a ton, and hope to cover your extremely high costs.Or buy a $70k house in the middle of the woods, slap a coat of paint on it, and get whatever you can in rental income and at least your monthly carrying costs are relatively low and you’ve got yourself a nice little retreat in the woods.Can I ask how much that place you were targeting was listed for?

They also discussed how they took the idea of an off-site business leadership retreat and placed a focus on family.SO, how do you approach goal planning? 

I'm working on a hobby app which collects Yelp data about various business categories (coffee houses, yoga studios, etc.) and uses deep learning to try and predict gentrification in various zip codes throughout the US. 

The best solution would be yoga/meditation to break all your barriers.

Curious if anyone here has grown a retreat center network/franchise for spaces that accommodate around 30 people on 10+ acres.

I figure to retreat every 8 years.

If you market it as a couples retreat, or a getaway for a family of 4, and the numbers pencil, it can work.

Do you really think it is so far fetched to think that this will resonate with some people looking for a temporary retreat out of the city? 

York, Wells, and Ogunquit Maine are also great retreats but also fall under more of a summer draw. 

Indeed even the Bay area and silicon valley has seen its share of ups and downs over the last few decades 89 to 94 saw some drastic retreat in pricing of the higher end some of it 50%  .