;(- if as-is value is less then the balance on the mortgage + arears OOOPS you need to have the owner work with the bank, you as the investor buyer AND a short sales expert often an agent work the tedious and usually failing short sale process. 

To throw a wrench into things, if we were talking about real property/structures that were being short term rented, it's possible/likely that your depreciation period would be 39 years, not 27.5.However, a vehicle - which is what an RV is, regardless of how you're using it - is 5 year property.

We are now doing short term rentals but we're thinking about changing to a small wedding venue. 

The challenge is that non-government jobs are often short-lived.

Bought it as a safe bet thinking it would do roughly $35k annually in short term rents.

Airbnb will send you a free Minut noise monitoring system (they did before) that can help monitor noise and parties as well. 100%I would add that your rates are too low if you are attracting these types of guests. 

Quote from @Jeff Roth: Hi Lina from Texas-Congratulations on your interest in investing in mid-term rentals and you are wondering how and where to get started.I get this question frequently from investors.Sometimes and investor is looking to keep their property cashflow positive as insurance and taxes have squeezed cashflow by turning units into mid-term or short-term rentals.First off, ideally, the property will cashflow as a long-term rental should something disrupt the mid-term rental model.You will also want to have the property be near where there would be a demand for mid-term rentals (hospitals, universities, research centers).Monthly rents for mid-term rentals are about 20% (+/-) higher than unfurnished similar long-term rentals.There are property managers that will manage mid-term rentals for you and I always advise my clients to use property managers to keep their investment as passive as possible and for compliance issues related to Fair Housing Laws and local regulations.To Your Success! 

If he has a $5MM loan in place, what was that used for / is it coming due/ was it short term/ etc.?

You don't have short-term maturity risk, and you don't have prepayment penalty risk (just has a 1% exit fee). 

My name is Rami, and I’m a short-term investor doing business in Texas, with a strong focus on the Dallas market.