@Steve EnglehartTapping into your Roth IRA or IRA for a short-term rental can be tempting, but the penalties and taxes could eat into your investment capital.

They eat where they want.  

They would offer a more hands free approach, but eat up the profit in return.

Quote from @V.G Jason: Organize taxes and eat better.  

If they are selling for under $250k I might just eat it.

If you just need recommendations for where to go, things to do, places to eat I'm more than happy to share tips. ...While you're here Please visit downtown and of course, the beaches...Downtown is small and flourishing area with many places to go and eat that are highly walkable. 

If these are even an average sized breed they can eat through a lot of food in a day/week/month.So the first thing is to get yourself financially stable.

Otherwise, the DST fees eat up the tax Ruthie- Yes they are in control for when the property is sold.

Now that I'm retired I "eat" some of the profits, but because I did this for so long while I was working my total leverage is about 25-30% with a bunch of properties free and clear.

The tenants have paid and if someone is thinking about moving out then an extra surcharge that hits if they aren't out in time for us to turn the place for a lucrative AirBNB short term rental can help massage the move out timing.That said with MTR we do not have the cleaning costs that eat up a lot of STR gross, and its lower hassle in some ways.