Many that agreed were more seasoned investors who understood the value of mentorship.

With regard to inspections, if you have not already, you should have a list of preventative maintenance items and whether they are annual, semi-annual, seasonal, or whatever, and make it an addendum to the management agreement.

Partner with your lender ahead of time on this just in case they have some crazy seasoning or other requirements.

If you are going to roll the dice on such a property the goal might be to limit cash as much as possible into the project and have non-recourse where you can walk away with nothing lost but time in the deal but valuable experience gained.A seasoned seller will not allow this but as a seasoned buyer I also wouldn't agree to their terms on such a property.

Calculating ROI is different with vacation rentals, how are the out of season rents and expenses calculated? 

There is not enough spread in this house as a flip.It’s the holiday season so some investors are traveling or on vacation (yes investors take vacations too).I was prepared and reacted quickly.

Seasoned flipping investors- if you could go back in time (not to 2010) when you started investing, what actions would you do to attract private money partners?

We have discussed pulling it off the market and listing it next spring since we are headed into the holiday season here shortly.

Which is basically a back to back close, but your not using the funds from c to pay a.... as long as there are no title restrictions limiting how soon the property can be resold ("title seasoning").

I really don't have any good advice for it.I have a 7 plex and pay all utilities so it's not an issue for me.Hopefully some of the more seasoned landlords will have some great ideas.