Landlords must now reconsider their use of such neutral policies and, instead, utilize alternative policies and practices that are difficult to correctly implement.Am I high or are they telling landlords that they need to utilize policies that are difficult to actually put in place? 

I’m an investor in the merrimack valley and i’m hoping to help people that want to sell their home through cash deals or an alternative to listing.

For colleges to be bankrupt, you need multiple layers of destruction to the market -- employers not needing degrees for professional jobs (not going to happen), government not backing loans (not going to happen), banks not covering the loans that the government won't back (not going to happen), alternative options viable both to students and employers (may happen, but not a seismic shift over a short period of time) -- what you've described doesn't have the likely disruption needed to destroy that engine.I agree you need to be disciplined to work from home.

We are contemplating this approach as an alternative to buying a turn key property at the top of our price point.

Now - alternatively you could simply make VRBO be the "feeder" ( I would HIGHLY recommend against this - but it is your call )In that scenario, there is zero cost involved because you have already paid the fees to them. 

(I find lots of properties using a technique that I’ve used many times over the years.)

I know this is kind of a wacky idea for a new investor, but it really is what I am passionate about, and would love to get some ideas as to how I may become the person people think about when they are looking for Alternative real estate assets.Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.Thanks!

I also advise using the open house technique to rent it out rather than individual showings.

However with modern technology there are alternative ways of solving the issue including desalinization.

Here’s a question for the brilliant BP community’s investors, contractors and experts:“What are the common signs that a property has issues with its foundation, and, when scoping out a potential property (likely a fixer upper) what are the tricks/techniques that you use to quickly spot-check/eyeball those issues?”