Expert I may not be but I manage 6 VR that I also own, remotely, with a day job.Mine are cabins in a very high traffic tourist area. 12 million visitors per year and we’re a 12 month market.

I am very new to the VR business (still in research mode!)

Is anyone using VR headsets with there buyers to help them find properties?

V/r,Brian M.

Nothing wrong with having a business expense in running the VR business, and getting appreciation, and getting principal pay down.

All that being said, VR's are not as simple as regular rental for sure...they really don't cash flow well due to the high operating expense, after all you are literally paying for everything!

If you haven't owned a VR before though, I will just say the same thing I tell everyone else...don't expect it to cash flow well if at all and make sure you assign value to the other'perks' of owning it like sharing it with your friends and family and ability to use in the off season.  

Situations that I have stepped into that make life interesting are meth-ed hoarders, crack heads, gangs, porn production, prostitution ring, rats, raccoons, bad remodeling, half finished construction jobs, fire (but not brimstone), flood, heirs that were in prison...good grief..just a whole bunch of trouble. 

Airbnb gets the brunt of my business but I think it has to do with the market my VR's reside in.  

I'm actively hunting for my first VR property, which I will manage remotely with the help of local housekeepers and handymen.