A somewhat clear distinction of how they operate is listed on their websites; some investors purchase the property and lease it to tenant farmers on triple-net leases, or some will purchase the property and hire a quality farmer to farm the grounds and split the profits 50-50. 

Mindy you have two distinct thought process's for those answering..

@Bryan Hancock and @Jeff Greenberg  I understand your points but there is a distinction between a passive investor you know and a passive investor you solicit for investing.

I love living in Vernon, but is very important to make the distinction between Vernon and Rockville.

That's a big distinction.

The area is separated into very distinct and highly specific boundaries, with the tracks and Highland running right down the middle so your comps have to fall within those boundaries to make sense at all.  

The terms, private residence club (or “PRC”), destination club, vacation club, quartershare, timeshare, and vacation home partnership are also used to describe variations on these arrangements, and there are no consistent distinctions in the use of these descriptions.

I searched for detailed information regarding this before posting, but was hoping for some more distinct answers. 

I make the distinction that it is a business. 

Its an important distinction, because it matters if the majority of people believe they are receiving some sort of accurate valuation from an established market authority.Secondly, Zillow preaches this as some sort of "Starting point".