@Andrea Evans I think:Worst Part - Lots of pitfalls you can fall into if you do not know what to look for like buying and property taxes double, suburb rental license, buying a property with violations, not understanding the importance of lease documents, etc...Best Part - There is so many opportunistic corners or niches in the city and suburbs that most out of state people do not know about and out of state investors never get to cause they get caught looking at cap rates on the south side and in south burbs. 

They are as in-expensive as any competing importer and nobody matches their specs in the price range.The plywood is good hard plywood not the typical soft import plywood.Their products meet the California Air Resources Board Phase 2 requirements for formaldehyde emossions which is a huge issue with import plywood.Their finish is a UV cured, water based Benjamin Moore stain just like the American product.  

Most properties are included in the April2019 amendments to the New York StateHuman Rights Law.

that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases.

Cashflow in the initial years is not important but breaking even would be great. 

I include language in my lease allowing me to change the furnace filters (with 24 hour notice) which allows me to enter each of my rentals once a quarter. 

Cost per lead and cost per conversion are very important to this business.

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More importantly, there no great bargains there…people are paying at or close to market value.

We run two other vacation rentals and I could include the numbers on those as examples of how we've done to show the lenders that we can operate a vacation rental successfully.