Most successful investors I follow seem to promote a refinance event every five or so years to harvest the equity and build their portfolio.

@Atchut Neelam- thanks for the  good  question - most " mainstream "  or  " regular  "   lenders  will not  lend to a LLC  entity .....you will find  options  with the  non QR  and  hard  money  lenders 

We have this issue regularly since all our cabins are in the mountains. 

This is probably one of the dumbest pieces of advice I see here on BP regularly, and here in Illinois it also isn't even legal for those of us with a license since we have to disclose that we have an interest in the property.

My regular person is currently out of town. 

I have factored in a regular eviction and I am 100% ok with that. 

In my area there are regular markets that will consider the Renovation Builders Risk but the Vacant policy normally is placed through the Excess (surplus lines) market.   

Now that we are in long term rentals, I am asking for your input of any group/organization with regular meet-ups you feel have been beneficial to your own personal/business growth. 

These listings aren't always advertised, so it's important that you check Craigslist regularly as well as drive through neighborhoods with For Sale signs.

Obviously, if you are getting a retirement payout or have regular annuity payments setup, those would be used as well.