We make the design but we let our landscapers choose the actual types of plants based on season and cost. 

If it were the off season and I was having trouble renting I may consider it again but overall I don't think it is worth the extra vacancy but if you are doing MTR it is definitely worth making the right connections. 

This also helps me to forecast seasonality on my properties.

Watch how you spend. you'll treat holiday season after October and your summer activity post April very differently. 

I specialize in getting foreign investors started in Dubai and work with seasoned local companies who handle everything from start to finish.

I have just purchased a property at the Jersey Shore that will be used exclusively for short-term rentals through the summer season. 

REI wise-- I don't know if it's seasonality, rates, or what, but I'm noticing more DOM than ever in most of my markets, inventory trending up, and some savvy real estate agents getting in front of the price action.

Good luck to all of us = )   Actually I'm a partner with 2 other seasoned note investors and we have our own Reg D equity fund that buys 1st position NPLs and RPLs with a preferred return and profit split to our investors.

However, in Fayetteville, AR (where I moved), the "leasing season" is in the summer.

Investors are almost always the biggest challenge for any group, new or seasoned, but especially newer investors.