Our son came with us, who is becoming more and more interested in real estate, although he just graduated with a bachelors degree in Exercise Science and is interning with the local university.

My friend @Na Villanueva turned a fledging vacation condo off International Drive into a solid airbnb rental.  

Projected to return 100% of the investor capitalYears Six to Ten: Infinite return - Your invested capital has been returned ~15-17% Internal Rate of Return~2.2x Equity Multiple What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

My property is very close to a university with a large amount of international students.

And I'm guessing that some pretty big players in the Seattle area will be willing to work with you, possibly in an intern-type position.And it's not inappropriate to seek a mentor on BP.

I did not go through the hassles of containment, anonymity, multilayers, entity-owning entity, internally scrubbing the temporary manager on the operating agreement, etc...

My suggestion is to join a REI association like VastgoedBelang in the Netherlands or FIABCI in case you deal internationally.

It's been extremely good to us and I'm happy to share numbers, stories, advice, etc.Full disclosure, I also help people get started in that market by plugging them into my network of off-market deals, our contractors, and our internal property management.But even if that's not of interest to you and you're planning to build a team from scratch, I'm happy to talk and offer help where I can.

There are two concepts that I think will help you decide what to do with your money: return on equity and internal rate of return. 

Of course that does not apply to law/medicine/engineering and a few select others....