I saw a survey that 28% of tourists now stay in vacation homes.  

Tourist will spend ridiculous amounts of money on vacation, that they would not at home.

But the listed ones would indicate that you have never ventured beyond the tourist area.

It is not this sudden revelation like the news media's report.I am a member of ICSC ( International Council of Shopping Centers) It has over 70,000 members worldwide and has been at the forefront of the retail industry for 60 years.Retail is crushing it just not the clothing type stores.  

I am so use to working in the other direction, I cannot recall of the US would tax the income in your hands as well (the IRSs approach to world-wide income is a little different than Canada's).If your company is a Canadian holding company, then having the company hold your share of the partnership would see the proceeds taxed in the company's hands (at the highest corporate tax rate) bout would allow the retained earnings to be retained in Canada or repatriated to your hands at your discretion.  

@Jonathan Rodrigues, I would suspect that the Gulf Shores/Orange Beach tourist rental market has a lot to do with that.

Part of the reason is there is nothing that made it stand out.Charlotte is one of the fastest growing cities in the county, a day trip away from the beach or mountains, and has great weather, low crime, tourist attractions, and a great diversified economy.  

People like to live near jobs and schools plus tourists and business travelers tend to be in these areas. 

Long term, I want to create rental housing company that runs rentals so amazing that people would rather live there than own a home and deal with the work themselves, and it be cheap enough to help people afford comfortable living world wide.

Well is pretty frozen as everywhere I think, prices have not really dropped that much but it takes forever to sell and most of the new building sites are proceeding slow....Not to speak about the international guys who disappeared.This is not a very touristic region, but I believe it has potential, so I guess I just hang on and wait.....I will use this time to figure out (with some help from you all I hope) what’s the best way to improve my business.