Vacation rental should be treated the same as a regular rental since in a sense they both are considered investments.  

Do y'all have a regular meet up?

Check Homepath regularly, or an agent can set up their own alert so they are notified immediately.  

Prior to acquiring a property, I am 95% certain of the cash flow I can produce...that is not speculation.

Banks want to make sure you have enough income to service all your debts plus regular living expenses.

Many of them truly CAN NOT handle the pressures of a regular job.  

So apart from searching BP for investors in your area, how about drive-by's - even contractors (especially those doing reno's) can be a valuable source of information about local investors they know of or have worked for.Hows about dropping into your local Title Co, not a BP resource, but I'll bet they'll be aware of investors who buy from them on a "regular" basis (whatever 'regular" may be in your location).Good luck.

I'm starting to switch my mindset a bit and focusing more on higher leverage activities that can produce the same results without drowning in a SEA of smaller deals...I'm talking commercial syndication/high end flips/and even commodities trading, where $1M+ spreads are not uncommon. 

I find, if I regularly use such an attorney, he will often send some deals my way.

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