It's basically like a hotel where people own the rooms.Along with the other fees mentioned, there are a bunch of other small fees that come with a VR:Broken dishes/appliances/toilets/whateverAnnual fees for certain items maintained by the that are NOT part of the HOA dues (cable boxes, fitness center, etc.)Replacing furniture as it wears outSo, I guess my final take is that a VR in a popular beach area is only a good investment if you're willing to hold onto it for a long time.

Leverage is how I went from $0 to 1,000 apartment units and now hotels...You can do the same!

This company, from what different sources have reported, has registered with the MO Secretary of State and association of Realtors.Upon doing a google search for the company, the following website came up: http://www.interstatehb.com/Which appears to be the Hotel Brokerage arm of Gateway Select Properties.

They conduct a research to analyze whether it is reasonable to seek in the US potential buyers for their residences, and perhaps corporate or individual investors for their ongoing and future hotel projects.

I plan to be in town next week, and will likely be staying at the Brookfield Suites on Tuesday...so I'll likely be in the hotel during the REIA meeting.

The cost was something like $300 plus hotel plus airfare.

Short vacations staying in a hotel do not (in my mind) give you a true feel for what the area is really like.

But in Orange County the drop was 12.4 percent, and in Los Angeles County, 20 percent.Orange County’s largest private employer is Disneyland, with 22,000 workers at its theme parks and hotels.

Do I have to provide a hotel or is she on her own?

It sounds like you're trying to do one of three things:1)  A condotel type of thing and place it in the hotel pool2)  Generate positive cashflow via leasehold3)  A VRBO type of thing, which doesn't have to be specifically in Waikiki.