To AirBNB or to sell?

[Derek Miller]

My wife and I had our second child recently and we are looking to move from the Savannah, GA area closer to the York, PA area near family.

We are looking to keep our foot in the area if it makes sense, so we’ve looked at a few options for keeping our current home.

Our current house we are in is sitting on larger lot for the area/neighborhood and has an in ground pool. The numbers do not make sense for a long term rental, so option 2...

We've looked at the short term rental. From a few in the area, AirBNB and VRBO can provide some high occupancy rates due to being near Savannah and the coast. The numbers for STR look nice, and would allow us to make trips during gaps in the occupancy. We would use this to help stay in the area and work to pick up other long term rentals.

The third option is to sell, which could make it more difficult to pick up other long term rentals in the area as we start out.

Any thoughts on this and how it would be managing a STR from long distance? Especially with a pool?