I've been a bit burned by CR and the way they measure reliability.  I've started looking at Yale Appliance's take on things on their YT channel. Obviously, they sell appliances, and some of their reviews are not appli...

As an alternative, possibly provide the prospective tenants or buyers resources to rent a boat or purchase a boat instead.

. :)  We can pay the 25% down payment with stock investment money and get a traditional mortgage on it, but this seems the least attractive because I'd prefer the stocks to stay put. 

The prices in this area were attractive, the house was solid and newer (built in the 50's).

Condo maintenance fees were relatively high, made it a less attractive property to continue to buy and hold.

Alternatively, hire a company that utilizes dust collectors with the grinders.

When I was able to make 50K a year between cash flow, appreciation and principal paydown on a 60K down payment, it absolutely made sense.Now that the down payment required is 150K a year and I'm looking at 50K a year returns on that dp, it's less attractive.

I think mainly because VRBO tends to attract older, more mature guests....That are more interested in leaving your place actually clean and not bitching about ridiculous stuff.

2-  What can I do, if anything, to make my project more attractive to contractors.I don't have this problem with subs, they are amazing.   

I have roughly $100k saved up but would like to raise capital for deals so I can buy more attractive properties and scale faster.