People expect more. 

My first SFH renovation ended up taking 1 year because the inspector missed a ton of things and about a $50,000 cost.

People are doing it, so presumably it works.FWIW, I invested in Japan for a few years, but lack of rent growth, lack of appreciation, concerns about natural disasters, and just general lack of confidence in the J market led me to shift focus only to the US.

I’m sure there’s people on this forum that have experience with buying in the pocono area or surrounding areas, and would love their insight or knowledge of what they think the best way to go about this is.

The people who remain, none that I can remember have done it.

People dont plan to fail , they fail to plan . 

One of the major things you guys are missing is the ability to give, and then get back.

I'm just trying to get an idea of what other people have run into using them.

If people want to live off cash, that's fine.

I worked for companies that had full time people that did aspects of this.