It’s a distinction that’s unfortunately promoted here, which causes some to skimp on origination and loan docs.

Somehow, you need to make a distinction between the property manager and the property owner.The distinction may be further blurred when discussing STR which is a "branch" of the hospitality industry.Consider the idea of property arbitrage where, for example, you lease a property with the understanding that you will be renting it out for long- or short-term (sub)leases.

My personal opinion is that, just as in lending, a distinction should be made between residential property, commercial property, and investment property.

It is important to understand the distinctions. 

This is another distinction of a CFL.

That was necessary because the pro bono attorneys had tried using a separate and distinctly different law. 

The important distinction is probably not between airbnb and vacation homes so much as the particular supply and demand curves in a given market, number and quality of substitute goods, and the broader economic trends. 

Each locale has its distinct characteristics and potential.Financing Avenues: Like any market, financing real estate in The Bahamas has its nuances.

The reason I bring this distinction up is that we are a lot more flexible because we don't have the secondary markets dictating what they will buy, a business warehouse line that depends on certain boxes being checked (like minimum credit scores), and we are not brokering to hard money lenders so we really have zero control over the deal. 

The filing of the 1099 actually has two distinct deadlines.