I found a place that had water damage from the pipes bursting in the winter.

Rather I'd prefer to hold property and gain from it on a monthly basis.I know it's more complicated from that, which is why I want to learn.So basically, I'd like to know if you have any specific material for off-country investment, vacation property that may only work half the year (In Crete, I understand the island is not active during the winter), management, and biographies/success stories/mistake stories of such cases.I type as I think, so I might be all over the place, apologies for that.Thank you very much!

I am not an agent, though I plan on getting my license before the end of my winter break which is January.

You might have an existing winter-summer hookup where there is just one boiler that supplies both heat and hot water; if that is the case you would probably be better off doing away with that for supplying hot water, although you might be able to use that to cover one unit for both heat and hot water.

I would use it maybe 14 days per year, and it would be available for rent the rest of the time (ski lodging in the winter, woodsy get-away in the summer, leaf peeping in the fall!).

University District  has a lot of nice houses, as does Sherwood Forest, Indian Village, West Village.

In the winter, I work 3 to 4 days, 4 to 6 hours a day.

Debating on getting my real estate license this winter as a motivation to push my self into the real estate field.

I currently have an operating AirBnB in Colorado and looking to do a vacation this winter, staying in some AirBnBs while on the trip.  

Don't lose sight of the forest for the trees.