It's a tool of last resort but should never be the sought after opportunity.No doubt you've been lurking on BP, reading and wishing that you owned a home. 

At most timeshare resorts in Colorado, only the 2 weeks at Christmas can be reliably rented for more than the maintenance fee.Almost twenty years ago, I got three of them for free because I thought I could trade them through RCI and save money on vacations.

I learned a long time ago to use my good credit "as a last resort."

Because people know that I am a serious player.

in hopes we can all "live the dream" so different from large equity players who have tens of millions in transactions a month.

Giving up 50% of the potential profit should be an extreme last resort decision if you have no alternative.

Could rent our AZ house as a last resort but in the next few years that will become unmanageable (HELOC payment will increase to pay off and we can only request forebearance on student loans for so long).I'm hoping that the 1st lien would go fairly smoothly even with the PMI since we don't owe a ridiculous amount.

You will run into the same agents repeatedly, the same players.

I live and invest in Grand County, a ski resort/tourist area about an hour and a half outside of Denver.

If they are real players and your active you will run into them down the road and have another shot.I keep a 3x5 card index of buyer list rejects that I follow up on in the future and many times turn them into bird dogs or re-spark their investing bug. if they are not currently active investors.