Use tools like AirDNA or Mashvisor to provide market data on projected rental income and occupancy rates, and make sure your lender works with appraisers familiar with short-term rentals.

Short term rentals are legal when the host is living in the same apartment as the guests and there are no more than 2 guests staying with the host."

If you plan to live there in the winters, you might have a hard time doing long term rental outside of that and finding a new tenant every summer.

I’m looking to purchase a 10 acre parcel either in Columbus, Dahlonega, or Helen.I’d like to live on half the land, and develop the other half into five A frame luxury short term rental units. 

Quote from @Frank Pyle: Obstacle is getting a 1007 with realistic long term rents. 

A couple of things I like to tell my newbies-Owning a short-term rental property can offer significant financial benefits.

Airbnb is considered STR (short-term rental).

Hey @Eric Andersen, so there are a lot of regs in the DFW area.https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/short-term-rentalsRentals are not allowed in residential districts: A-#, AR, B, R1, R2, CR, C, D, UR.Dallas recently banned STRs in single family homes but there was an injunction that blocked it.

An easier route would be to convince him to go in on the short term rental together in a partnership. 

@Yamil NafRaising $160,000 for your short-term rental (STR) venture is a great goal, and there are several ways to structure the deal to minimize your upfront costs while attracting investors.