entrepreneur website had a article about branding.

There is an imbalance in the number of new households formed and lots of people moving here because of the jobs boom vs units available for purchase.http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/business/articl...https://www.constructionmonitor.com/aboutus/newsIf builders are still tapering activity since the June numbers in the link above, then inventory of new houses has no hope to catch up to demand any time soon.

I sold a flip from a Craigslist article before (worth a free line in the water).

I think @Andrew Postell wrote an article on this. 

I wrote an article on Bigger Pockets that walks through how I did it.

A BP article on FHA loans (https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/03/2...) 

The article below popped on my twitter feed not long after the fiasco and I would have been more detailed in my screening.

I just read an article that shows Vegas is poised to meet the previous pricing peak very soon.  

And given the fact that it is a short term loan the payments on the loan will be high, which is likely to result in a negative cash flow, so probably not the best option.And lastly, it is possible to buy a vacation rental in an IRA (here is a story about one of my clients doing it in Belize:  http://www.nasdaq.com/article/selfdirected-ira-pla...) but you are absolutely can not use that property for personal benefits. 

Here is an article from Vacasa listing top 25 places to buy a vacation home.