Targeting some "opportunity zones" where all markers of path of progress are present and your somewhere in phase I-II.

I’ve learned over the years that’s it’s best to get the most thorough inspector who is the doom of gloom as opposed to the inspector I had on my first deal where “nothing was wrong” and then once we got into the cosmetic rehab there was $50,000 worth of serious repairs needed.

No where in the offer do we ever write down which lender we are using.

The owners may agree to carry part of the financing, but you won't need them to stick around to transition operations.After acquiring the properties and assets you wish, you would either run your own business, or part-out and resell some of the assets.From your post, it does not sound like parting out the properties is a viable path and where you admit to having no experience with vacation rentals or the resort business, you might want to explore purchasing the business with the current owners hanging around for a bit to help you get your feet wet.Regardless of approach, it needs to have legs to be worth pursuing.

Where is your suggested location/strategy to find buyers?

It is easy to get distracted, but where you focus the most attention will get results. 5) It sounds like you want to live a life by design.

Any advice on where to look or referrals would be greatly appreciated. 

This consistency shows a balanced market where buyers and sellers are finding common ground.Median Time to Contract: Homes are taking a bit longer to sell, with a median of 28 days to contract compared to 27 days last year—a small 3.7% increase.Median Time to Sales: The total median time to sales decreased by 2.8%, from 71 days to 69 days.

I'm not sure where someone would get the "on average" across the nation data because, unfortunately, in the MTR space there is no data source focusing specifically on MTR, unlike AirDNA for instance.

My wife and I have started a company, Margherita Homes, where we provide realty services, construction services and home care services, plus we invest.