However there are bad neighbors, especially if you are going to be renting it out .... a forewarning the locals and the ALA (committee responsible for the Lake) hate tourism.

Spending money on such a niche market doesn't make sense when you can so easily do a traditional STR, esp in San Fran where tourism is high

The combination of Space X, Blue Origin , NASA, Patrick Space Force Base, a new Space Center being built, AND tourism lead me to believe we will continue to grow.

The Bartlett/Conway area is and most likely will continue to see growth as the region continues to become a year-round tourism hub. 

Finding labor in winter should be very easy given most people in that area have a job related to tourism in summer and then odd jobs like snowplowing in winter.

Yes there are small businesses moving here and yes there is growth in the tourism industry (we hope....post-COVID), and yet the new administration wants to eliminated/severely the oil and gas industry, which tend to have higher paying jobs.

Other factors that separate our growing economy from others is tourism, military presence, and our booming AI/bio tech careers.Appreciation on an already higher priced asset (SD Real Estate) relative to the rest of the country will yield far larger returns on your investment over time than increasing cash flow.

If, like I do, you invest in the short term rental market, you're interested in tourism statistics like arrival numbers, hotel occupancy rates, ...

The location of the condo is in an area where there is some tourism so short term could be an option but I’d need to get my hands on the condo docs and bylaws before I could determine this (working on that now).

I left there during the Vietnam War and never came back.