This reminds me of my 8th grade class president trying to bribe people with longer study halls, a vending machine and soda fountain in the room and ice cream fridays.

The kind of deals that build your reputation for consistently unearthing the cream of the crop.You might think it takes insider connections or secret strategies.

Well, since this thread is ice cold and perhaps everyone here is not aware of other conferences, here's a few on my radar.

From a rate perspective, likely is not close to making sense at the moment, would need rates to drop further, however if value has increased and you are looking for cash-out, that motivation (any lower rate as icing on the cake / secondary concern) it could make sense to look into

The key is finding something that works today, and the potential tailwinds in the future are icing on the cake. 

One of my cabin's is up on a knob off a mountain in the Smokies so different environment than you but the issues are probably the same and they all revolve around winter, albeit I am guessing yours will be much worse than ours.Mild scenario is where guest are at the cabin and a snow/ice storm hits while they are at the cabin.  

It's supposed to be the icing on the cake, not the cake.

As a realtor who just read everything you and everybody else had to say; my suggestion is that you list the tax exempt home at a price slightly above market value.I say this because though the money would be nice to take some pressure off, it seems like making a little more money in a hopefully & currently less competitive neighborhood would be the icing on the cake to make it all worth the considerations.

A: Landlord has an obligation to provide clean water, suck it up and buy it.B: Hard water is bad for your plumbing, buy it hopefully to decrease future repairs.C: Water softeners, like under-sink disposals, ice makers, ceiling fans, love to break and cost you money.

I actually wish this was the worst of the problems, it is only the tip of the ice burg!