It is an exciting strategy to capture both cash flow and appreciation that the Southeast has generally been experiencing. 

Obviously your top 5 or 7 in front to capture a guests attention, then pictures seem to  show the way the property flows not random, then usually floor layouts and misc stuff like that at the end for those folks that want to look at everything.3 of my 4 properties have kitchens for the lead view instead of a pool.  

If in contract soon, investors can capture the peak season and make their property tweaks or improvements in the low season.

I get the $25,000 to $50,000 Option fee for my pocket, and I can buy another property, plus I get about $8,700 a year in cash flow and the principal pay down and the equity capture and the tax write offs.

This method provides more privacy, but you're still capturing all the advantages of having someone else pay your mortgage. 

You can add services and upsells the clients foot the bill for, like spa/massage/private chef rather than pouring more capital into the property.  

Ask uncle James and uncle Engelo on 10+ years of data…  its always amazing to me when i see investors sit on rentals for a few months trying to capture that 25 to 50 buck a month rent because thats what they were told it would rent for or its what they ran their numbers at .. 

Capturing the benefits of owning a home instead of paying rent? 

It's not as much as you think and will save you tons in the end because they make it much easier for the bookkeeper to do their job and categorize items correctly so that when you send your files to your CPA there is little to do and everything was already optimized by the CFO to capture the best tax write-offs PLUS you've made the best trade-offs.  

Basically, if you're able to capture the equity it means the underlying house price went to your favor.