I definitely was a little concerned with the school districts, mostly because it will be my first deal so I thought it would give me a higher grade tenant and more rental demand, but I am the new guy in the business so maybe I'm making mountains out of molehills.

At my age I dont want debt.. so does not have to be a monster number 3 million in paid for assets  Like first trust deeds at 10% plus my SSI and medicare and all my homes paid for that would be a comfortable life I think .. for me we did all our big travel over the last 25 years.. so a nice mountain cabin a little fly fishing.. some sun in the winter..  

Set high goals because even if you don’t get to the mountain top, you’re still getting a heck of a view.

People have seen huge success in vacation rentals on the water or in the mountains.

Bethany is definitely a more family friendly and relaxed atmosphere type town than a lot of the other Delaware/Maryland Beach towns.Prices in most of those towns have been exorbitantly high over the last few years, and it seems like the only way you could justify buying one as an investment is if you got a good deal and made it a really high functioning STR. 

The economic atmosphere at the time (think and compare the following years 2004-2006, 2008-2010, 2019, 2021, 2024)3.

If you are looking for high appreciation, low cash flow - I would direct you to tech markets, coastal / mountain markets.

So now we have conditioned when a person leverages self to the gill's, taken on mountains of debt and the grand some of there career is waiting tables or making coffee and some toilet-paper degree that a bajillion others also have, and maybe a few years experience at best. 

BP was created for people to come get good, hopefully unbiased/low-biased information about real estate, and in my mind being a Heavy Hitter means you participate and add to that mountain of knowledge.  

Whether or not you enjoy mountain climbing/snowboarding is beside the point, I'm sure there's SOMETHING you would love doing as much as I enjoy being in the mountains.