A vacation rental is definitely the way to have that cake and eat it too.

Tax benefits are just the icing on this cake.

The icing on the cake, though, is that they do actually provide a ton of support for their brokers as well.

Personally, I would just want to be sure I was okay with the deal if I ever had to go to a traditional long term rental strategy and treat the rent by the room strategy is icing on the cake!

If you are contemplating buying a property just based on AirBNB numbers, do be careful, AirBNB can be shut down, Just think Los Angeles, Anaheim etc.

If I can help inspire/educate the next generation of investors that will be the icing on the cake.

As the saying goes, you can't have the cake and eat it too.Hopefully, you get your title in November and you can enjoy your condo in Tulum for years to come, after which you might get to view beautiful Mexico in a different light.

Straw @Barry Pekin cake, is correct.A site, carrot or otherwise is not going to just magically give you leads.ALSO NOTE THIS:Ranking #1 does NOT get you leads...

Appreciation is always icing on the cake vs the tangible benefits of cash flow.

Also - in both places it would be icing on the cake if you found some sort of duplex or house with an ADU , so that you could be either place, and still be bringing in money from the neighboring unit.