Listing a cabin on airbnb for the purposes of making it cheaper to own?

[Daniel Ben-Hur]

This is a bit of a random question, not that I would do this, but I was wondering is anyone has ever purchased an expensive cabin (close to 1mil) near some place like Big Bear or some national park, and listed it on AirBNB with property management running it throughout the year, not for the purposes of making a cash flowing property (of course if it did that would be great), but for the purposes of being able to own a cabin cheaper than just owning one and letting it collect dust while you do not use it. I am wondering if in the long run it would be cheaper to do this or pay for an airBNB from someone else on AirBNB when I want a cabin. (Assuming I would use it at least once every couple of months myself for family/friends).