This would be done by leveraging private funding for down payments that will be payment free for two years but then paid out with a balloon payment plus interest on the back end via a tax excluded sale of our current rental property in two years, giving us a very large payment of tax-free income.Thoughts?

I'd suggest you also contact local property management companies as they may know people who are looking to buy places.

This is easy to see in earnings reports for credit card companies (that continue to blow out earnings, with travel as their lead category), hotel companies, and Airbnb itself.I think a lot of it is just going overseas now as international travel continues to strengthen. 

I am trying to figure out how J and Dave got to $65,000 in the following section (I am reading the eBook version so page numbers won't correspond with the physical book):  Towards the end of Chapter 2; "Finally, notice that the owner equity in this business totals about $65,000; because John is sole owner of the business, that $65,000 is the value that John transfers to his PFS and can claim as his ownership value in the company.”Everything up to this point was clearly explained on how they got to the number, except this $65,000.

Even when I hear stories about investors that scale quickly, take on max leverage, partner up, etc. and get 28 doors in 2 years, it's either a situation where all details and context are not communicated (rich parents - for example) or it was a "just because something worked does not mean that it was a good idea" situation.You win the investing and real estate game by never being a forced buyer or forced seller and letting the compounding effect of time take over.

Situations like this is exactly why I love having a good PM company in my arena.

I am certainly interested in getting more comfortable with sales but I will always prefer leveraging technology to solve problems.

I think I have figured out why we do not qualify for the STR loophole and why my accountant keeps saying we would not get any money back if we front-end depreciated the home: I have a property management company in place. 

@Rijul GuptaSure our company has been buying notes for over a decade, also hold live Discussions around Note Investing and Podcast.  

Getting the REPS status in order to truly leverage the benefits real estate paper losses offsetting your W2 earnings is something that takes very clear logging of approved activities proving your qualification every year.