I have been loosely monitoring this topic for about a year now...let us know if you discover anything as you do your research.

Since we have not had to file a tax return for the LLC, we have not talked in depth with out regular tax guys at all yet. 

The 10% is good for regular maintenance but when the roof, the HVAC or the plumbing goes you had better have some capital reserves.

Vacation rental should be treated the same as a regular rental since in a sense they both are considered investments.  

Do y'all have a regular meet up?

Check Homepath regularly, or an agent can set up their own alert so they are notified immediately.  

Banks want to make sure you have enough income to service all your debts plus regular living expenses.

Many of them truly CAN NOT handle the pressures of a regular job.  

So apart from searching BP for investors in your area, how about drive-by's - even contractors (especially those doing reno's) can be a valuable source of information about local investors they know of or have worked for.Hows about dropping into your local Title Co, not a BP resource, but I'll bet they'll be aware of investors who buy from them on a "regular" basis (whatever 'regular" may be in your location).Good luck.

I find, if I regularly use such an attorney, he will often send some deals my way.