If you have the money to burn and want a decent kicking off point then go for it, but I'd suggest just spending 2-3 total hours searching through a few posts on here, paired with google searches, and you should easily find all that you would need.

I am really looking for private investor bc i am finding that even hard money lenders want you to have some experience.I work as a structural engineer and my business partner does construction management, so we are very knowledgable about the building industry. 

I've got a membership on the site (free) and I've been playing with different cities and niches within those cities on their search engine.  

ALWAYS at the top of search engines on my end.

The problem really comes down to the fact that the majority of these vacation rental platforms are not designed for enterprise use (because they're marketed towards consumers), so there's multiple proprietary systems to try to map out for someone to sync them all, rather than being built to map with the GDS (global distribution system) platforms that more traditional booking engines (Expedia, Booking.com, Travelocity, etc) use.

I think we've all been burned a time or two, it's unfortunately part of this business. 

He is currently renting the whole house out to a family whose houses had burned down.

I had a GC/Engineer go and see property and that is what he told me. 

But its power lies in the fact that you don't have to over pay for a deficient asset just to burn up 1031 funds. 

I think your concept of marketing is missing some key points of making money.Suggest you forget about your mailing marketing and get out and meet buyers personally, look at expired listings, listings that are have been on the market for over 200 days, tax sales, rent court landlords and others who really want out of real estate, learn proactive negotiating, contract engineering, and making offers.You ain't going to get rich as a passive investor ---- get to the streets and find deals!