I find the vast majority of my stays are families that love the games and 30-40% of the time they bring their pet as well.

Anyway, I greatly appreciate you taking the time to share from your vast wealth of experience.

And the vast majority of us are just looking stupidly at each other as others are still trying to huddle up and run screen plays. 

I would check your cash flow in relation to that $55k number to see if it's sufficient for you.

Instead:401(k) loans: They’re low-interest, and you’re paying yourself back.Roth rollovers If you can afford the taxes now, this gives future flexibility.Creative financing: I’ve seen clients leverage partnerships or seller financing to limit retirement fund withdrawals.One thing to consider: real estate markets today are vastly different from a decade ago.. so opportunities may require extra creativity.Have you looked into specific deals yet?

To say this community has no value is quite a negative judgment to make without sufficient information to make it. 

The only thing that might give me pause would be if I did not have sufficient capital on a building that was older but had appeared to have significant maintenance issues when I was looking at it to buy.

Until then, the general Knowledge a tax accountant has on real estate will be sufficient for the price and benefit I get. 

Hawaiian real estate law differs from other western states significantly, mostly due to its monarchal heritage and the Bishop Trust influence.The basics are the same as would be in California; determine the condition of title ownership (individual(s), estate (including conservatorship, if appropriate) OR fiduciary acting for trust.Use a qualified private money equity lender to make a loan sufficient to buy out the cash-only beneficiaryThe legal community in HI and Big Island in particular is small.

I support (and use) a utility-cost cap amendment in our leases to ward off those who might want to mine cryptocurrency or operate an indoor greenhouse, but the vast majority of MTR have utilities included and the vast majority of travelers expect that they are.