They will eventually cash flow but depends on how the deals are managed.

I will eventually find the myself but for those willing to offer decent relevant and advice from experience in certain or similar situation.

Got off to a rough start and the tourist economy here hasn't bounced back, but this is a buy and hold deal so eventually it will even out!

As others have said, it's all about your VA benefits which you can eventually use on multiple properties.

I eventually want to get into building 5-10 houses a year, building myself up to the somewhat more recession proof market (Im thinking $650k+ builds, I also really enjoy lakefront.)

He eventually put a new roof on my building and did an excellent job! 

The reasoning is mainly because it is the most tangible thing to research when you get started - in my view at least.I'd eventually like to get SFH and start building relationships with insurance or other companies.Do you do MTR?

What are the pros/cons of a portion of the monthly rental amount being applied to the final purchase price, vs. no credit of monthly rent towards eventual price?

Also, you'll eventually have cap ex (big items) to pay for and those costs are only going in one direction, up. 

You will get more appreciation and eventually, you'll have decent cash-flow.