There may not be much demand for a short term rental that far from Atlanta.

The Lake Tahoe market has many intricacies regarding short-term rentals, but navigating them is definitely possible.

Quote from @Nicholas McCormick: Howdy-Does anyone have any experience with short term rentals in the Bloomington, Indiana area?

While short-term rentals in areas like Kissimmee, Florida, can pay for themselves and offer lifestyle benefits, the ROI typically doesn’t match what I see from my traditional portfolio of long-term rentals in North Texas.That said, short-term rentals can still be a great choice, especially if you're drawn to the area and the opportunity to combine personal use with investment income.

Heloc’s are best utilized with a short term strategy, ie flx and flip, to BRRRR, etc.

i wish i had better news for you but it's probably not feasible in the short term to replace your W2 income with rental income. 

Long story short, it has been over a year and the project remained incomplete and he walked away with the money.

Q2 is most important: If the mortgaage is upside down, it would have to be an approved short sale and that could take a very long time to rectify.

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.

It is in the area that has decent short-term rental rates based on airdna and what property managers are seeing.How much more in maintenance have you all noticed on a short-term rental versus a long-term rental?