Welcome aboard @Todd Doperalskithis is a great site that you will enjoy and not a better resource for information, questions, concerns about anything!

You will learn that many agents do not enjoy working with investors, especially the new ones because they feel you will be wasting their time.

Hey Daniel Teran welcome to the site and it's great that you are enjoying the podcast!

We are considering buying a vacation rental in St Thomas, USVI.

These investors are more highly correlated with more sophisticated money and are unlikely to invest in projects like vacation rentals.  

Also to add on that you can use 75% of the gross income when you plan to vacate your SFR home for the 2nd home but there are requirements to use this 75% of rental income.

Let's play the math game you enjoyed since I just finished renting a property:30 minutes per interested party that actually bothers to show up x15 people: 7hr 30min15 minutes per interested party that didn't bother to show up x10 people: 2hr 30minIncome from fees: $0Lost wages: 10hr x $25/hr = $250 (I actually make FAR more than that, but trying to be fair)Let's assume that my 3 properties do this twice a year (the trend so far): -$250 x2 x3: $1,500/year lossLet's say I don't screen and I get "that guy" that I trusted to tell me how amazing he was like you claim about yourself.

I vacation a lot in Mexico, and am considering buying a condo in a great complex (the Icon) in Vallarta.  

I enjoy showing people the great area's around and in Detroit 

This does not seem to be your focus... rather you want to wholesale (IE: provide a service).That being said, I was just in the Scottsdales (sort of PHX) market on vacation swinging a golf club and drinking a few cocktails.