My first building I was way over leveraged , I basically used every available pool of resources/money I had to close it out with no reserves and a whole lot of problems , I scaled and bought up other old beat up buildings as I gained cashflow .that first year or so was just  brutal .. many sleepless nights wondering how in the world  I can keep this thing together without the wheels falling off !

We are also seeing a trend towards larger homes, especially with pools.

Those houses will be pushed to $400K fairly quickly as the $15K tax credit will expand the buyer pool in a huge way.  

I am looking for a pool contractor and a general contractor to put a roof over a social event area.

A lot of that comes down to screening, but there is definitely something to be said for the tenant pool as well. 

Commercial apartments off-market are run by the same brokers in a lot of areas as who do on-market commercial because it's the same pool.

He even added an above off the ground pool, rented the first floor.

This property also has an in ground pool that needs to be repaired.

Either way, you should always vet a pool of contractors, sprinkle in some referrals as well as cold leads from places like Angies list etc.

Short-term rentals are much more work and much higher Op Ex as you are paying for everything (cable, lawn, pool, electricity, furnishing, post and pans, linens, etc.) but they also bring in (usually) a much higher gross income.