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Speaking as a reader of vampire novels, who loved Anne Rice;'s books, loathe Twilight, and thinks Carmilla and Bram Stoker's vampire are awesome: There needs to be drawbacks to being a vampire. Far, far too often, it seems they get all the perks from their modern creators/authors, but none of the drawbacks.
Which specific drawbacks, that I care less about, and a good writer should be able to explain them within the setting they place their vampires, but the drawbacks need to be there. An all-powerful super-being that can control the minds of its prey, walk in daylight, shape-shift at will, and can't be killed except by one single method, while capable of loving, having children, and walk freely among the humans it feeds from, is an utterly a ridiculous concept.
I like real vampires. Predators who hide in plain view of their prey, undetected, deadly, and unstoppable. And... very rare, its survival depending on its ability to stay hidden, and vulnerable to a few things that said prey could get their hands on easily if they knew what to look for and how to use it. (Oh, and the reason you must be invited before you can walk into my house? The hearth spirit living in my fireplace stops all super-natural beings from entering unless I invite them in. Very handy.)
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