I recently went to a workshop and it really opened my eyes and lite a fire under me.

If you haven't heard yet, there's a new vacation rental forum in the works here, so keep an eye out for that:  http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/25/topics/192667-vacation-rental-forum-thoughts?

Once suggestion is to keep a close eye on it.  

Megan, any drop in price will get more eyes looking at it.

@BrianGibbonsWhile I don't want to seem too starry eyed and bushy tailed, I must acknowledge Brian Gibbons for what he does.

Make sure your PM has the right experience, a supervisor is not a PM, you need a real one, a superintendent that worked his way to PM might work, as they know what need done first before doing the bird eye view scheduling and budgeting, but that's rare.

Eye opener.

I'm trying to figure out my next move also, I keep my eyes open but it's been def hard.

However I've been keeping my eyes open for any flip/wholesale opportunities to help me build up some money first. 

It seems like beauty is in the eye of the beholder in the case of a refundable deposit and when it goes hard......I was in the mindset of 1% of purchase price is usually sufficient.