Owning vs Renting a Vacation Rental

[Carla Gordon]

Hi all. I’m really interested in starting an airbnb in San Antonio (an area that I like to visit for fun and is not too far from where I live in Houston). I will stay in the property every couple of months for a weekend or so but then would rent it out on airbnb when I’m not at the property. I’ve been going back and forth between whether I want to wait until I have the funds to purchase a property for this purpose vs obtaining a lease and subletting that property when I am not in town (with landlord permission of course). Interested in your thoughts