hopefully your inspection went well. wish i would have seen your post earlier i would have been happy to help you out with your inspection. but to answer your question, there really isn't anything you need to "ask" your inspector to look for. if he is a good inspector he will know what to look for and what defects are major and should be addressed immediately and which defects are minor.

I certainly know that future years the expenses won't remain that low, but wouldn't that be a reality on a property that has a lot of recent improvements?  

You know have a brokerage with 375-400k which will make you a millionaire in a few years I am just wondering what the urge is to dump the brokerage account - are you doing all of the above?

My biggest advice when designing a vacation rental is to truly know the daily activities, habits, and needs of your target guests.

Real estate is one of the most powerful wealth-building vehicles—but only if you know how to play the game. 

What other strategies do you know?

I didn't know you can use USDA properties as investments.

But I knew and had worked with a couple of hard money lenders often enough as well to know that they’d fund any purchase in the range I was looking to buy in without issue if my private lenders didn’t have the capital or weren’t interested.So to answer your question I already had several lenders in place that I had worked with previously. 

Please let me know if you need any additional details. 

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