Most of the D.C. region had good price appreciation right now the hottest areas are in suburbs, Gaithersburg Rockville, College ParK, Hyattsville.

It all comes down to a unique scenario and that is why we as Banks or you as a lender require LOX, LOE's Letter of explanations!

Are there any unique exit strategies that you could highlight?

Facilitated the sale of this unique, rural 80-acre farm property in NE Washington.

Its terrible and highly inaccurate in Los Angeles where many homes are unique... and wildly appreciating.   

In looking for a vacation rental property there are several things that one should consider, some of this is very unique to a vacation property ....First is obviously the price and this of course isn’t unique to this type of property but you should have an idea of what your budget is and what you can afford to pay for out of pocket costs....For this particular home, it had to be a fixer upper, because I wanted a deal and I was working with a limited amount of money....Proximity into town was also on my list, this was very important as I wanted ppl to be able to go into town and enjoy a beer or good food or whatever, my place happens to be within 10-15 minutes of several small and very quaint towns. 

Here is one that we rent, its an example of a good product - bonus points for being unique: https://heartwoodfurnishedhome...You need to be a very good operator and be very good at revenue maximization & pricing. 

I've worked the region for 21+ years. 

The MLS is very regionalized, what my local realtor has access to, is really just the 5 or 6 counties in the area around me.

The interest for the last 15yrs is on the $180k not on the 300k... the idea being (in the banks eyes), with interest and by the time the homeowner passes, the actual loan value plus interest should be in the region of $300k... give or take.. but as we are seeing with higher house prices, it could still leave the property with equity.