I need to reach people looking for temporary housing, but not vacationers - because Castle Rock is not a place people go for extended vacations, especially in winter.

As with any business plan, the pro forma is only one page.

If you set it up well, don't worry, you'll get guests when you repost.If you really want to capture the existing bookings, then go for it and plan to re-furnish it at the start of slow season.

I have one floor plan in my project that is set up for this.. out of 90 homes we have built  we only sold 4 of them .  

A vacation rental could generate higher returns but requires more active management.

One of them told me they only have to provide 15 days notice, which doesn’t help if I am on vacation for a few weeks or haven’t checked my PO Box in a few weeks.

Farmers Insurance has a vacation rental division called Foremost. 

Working with AvantStay caused me large ongoing financial losses.I signed on with them to manage two of my properties in vacation markets.

Our biggest problem is getting her out so we can do a proper rehab 60 days of dead dime waiting for her to vacate is not Ideal obviously. 

But if you have a cash buyer who is specifically looking for income property, and even more specifically a vacation rental property,  I firmly believe that there is a value add from having a working STR there.