And first, examine where you want to vacation first. 

Any way  so in a short hand way I agree with you on stopping to smell the roses when your young enough to do it.. but many simply dont have those choices they choose a job that they must keep at until they can retire and maybe  a week vacation to Hawaii or go party at Vegas is some highlights. 

List the property as soon as you can so hopefully it doesn't stay vacant for long.I'm slightly bias because I recently moved in to a new place and vacated my old apartment with still about 3 months left on the lease.

@Alan Asriants and I left out expenses like 10% for repairs at 5% for vacancies because I am so skilled at this I have never had a place vacate for less than one week because I keep them ship shape so it moves out.

I like the area and wanted to use the house as a vacation home.

As a good case study I  acquired an 11 unit mix-use building in May where I vacated 9 apartment units and will complete kitchen/bath renovations and build out one vacant commercial space.

What would the boss think about the idea of taking that $200k and investing it into a cash flowing property or properties, and using that cash flow to pay for your Crest vacation a couple times a year?

I am giving notice that I will need everyone to vacate no later than [DATE]."

Look into a vacation home loan as well if you own primary. 

I guess I don’t see how the local income level will impact non-local short term renters coming to StG for vacations.