Well, that may be a bit harsh, and it's better than not doing anything I suppose.  

Seems pretty harsh.

It is a summer rental, and currently pays for itself and expenses, with a little extra per year in just 4 mos of yearly rentals (shut down in the harsh Upper Michigan winters).

Wow, that's harsh.

See CL for the local area, compare local rents, this is very local.Sorry if that comes off as harsh, but don't bother with all of these things if you don't know whether it is a good deal or not.

It's easier to sell people on a DREAM than the harsh reality of setting and achieving goals.They do this by selling the idea of QUICK CASH for very little to no money or effort.Appeals to people's greed to be lazy.In my 20's I was searching for that quick hit to make life easy for doing nothing.

However, if they are for more than 6 months, they are so highly regulated and the penalties for non-compliance are so harsh, a seller would have to be less than informed to write one for any property that the purchaser intends to occupy.

Sorry for the harshness there.

Sorry if this is harsh, just don't want to see you / hear you lose your ***.

The only real alternative is to try to find OPM to give you private funding for the property but the interest is going to be harsh compare to what you're holding now.