Vacation Rental Lakehouse (Texas)

[Ben Morgan]

Has anyone had luck purchasing a lakehouse and using it as a rental for most of the year and occasionally using it for vacation? I see a drawback as lake demand is seasonal (more traffic in the summer) but would like to know if anyone has been able to be successful doing this? The DFW area is drastically growing and there are only so many lakes. 

[Kevin Coggins]

@Ben MorganI'd recommend checking out AirDNA (somebody else pointed me here about a week ago) - they provide data from AirBnB, even their free reports can give useful information such as vacancy rate and average nightly cost. I've never used their paid service, but apparently there are reports you can pay for, or even buy their raw data. From what I saw, there is potential for a vacation home to be economical year round. But I'm sure this varies greatly by area.