We did the upgrades over two years to reduce the burden.

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In ClosingAs you navigate the intricate world of real estate investment, consider the symbiotic relationship between assuming existing loans and house hacking.

Two big ones are the high minimum investment and the challenge of vetting syndicators and property deals.

In the long run the demand may fall off a bit as the prices may get too high for travelers and they will seek cheaper vacations. 

So, looking at the flips I take on, with anticipated profits in the $70k+ range, the setup costs alone are eating nearly 20% of your potential profits, and that is before any real splits with your investors, leaving both your investors and you with not a lot of money left to spread around.A fund could work, but typically, for the economics of a syndication/fund structure to work, you are looking at several million of equity, leveraged up to high single millions, if not into $10+ million range for their to be enough money to make it worth everyone's efforts.

If  you end up approaching this with an antagonistic attitude like many are suggesting, it's not going to fly well and you'll damage your relationship.  

At this point you just want quality conversations to happen, just like with direct mail, it's a follow-up game.I don't think your expectations are unrealistic when it comes to having your VA sound less robotic, they conversion numbers aren't that bad, they need feedback to get better and sounds like you're providing that.

I am very eager to start taking action and learning but live in a high cost of living market (Boston) currently and for several reasons (need to save more, move to lower cost of living place etc.) will not be able to start for at least 1.5 years. 

We are doing OK but hope to get a lot more bookings the rest of the year for people coming to Pigeon Forge.Travel spending continues to break through all time highs.