In all, I much preferred renting to regular tenants.

Basically, an assessment is nothing more than what a municipality decides a property is worth in order to tax it based upon that value.Additionally, although cities and towns are mandated to perform assessments regularly (in CT they're supposed to update assessments every 5 years), that assessment can still be quite old and outdated.

So, my fiancee and I are taking the plunge with this condo which we plan to rent out by the week as a vacation home.We are planning to provide an upscale vacation rental experience for our guests and hopefully build a regular clientel over the next few years. 

No sure about thermo foil or regular foil I am not looking to put the foil on the counter tops, just the cabinets.

Here are some of the ones I attend regularly.  

You should connect with @Brie Schmidt Haven't been to the meetup yet but it seems more active an promising than the other groups I know about in this area.There are a few other regular meetings in the suburbs but that's a bit difficult for me to attend. http://www.careia.org/

If you're an investor in the deals other operator/promoters present I can think of many advantages to crowdfunding over hard money loans:1.  

Because I'm in a crazy fire area, I can't get regular insurance on my property, so I have to go with a specialty insurer (like Lloyds of London) through a broker.  

It would generally include everything outside of the studs.Do they have enough in their operating account or do they use reserves (constant borrowing) to fund regular operations.

The best way to do this is to interact regularly in the forums!