Vacation Rental or Long Term rental?

[Allison Craft]

Hello! My name is Allison and I am new to Bigger Pockets. I am currently educating myself on real estate investing. I am trying to figure out my strategy. I live in Tampa FL and my dream is to own a property in walking distance from the beach. I would use this property as a short term rental and use it for my family 2 weeks out of the year. I have heard there are many tax benefits using short term rentals. My husband and I currently have $100k to use towards investing in Real estate. Would you invest in a vacation home property and go the short term route, or would you invest in a single family long/mid term rental property? Or.. if you have $100k, what would you do with it as a REI?