Note: my apologies as I am not able to change the title of this post any longer relevant to the content.

I am not able to put very much money into it, as my husband works for a start up and we are supporting that for equity. 

In Colorado for example, I am not able to do such a deal, because it would be considered "limited service." 

I worry about listing it in case Im not able to get a satisfactory offer for it in this market and have to take it down which some buyers may not look at favorably down the line.

Because you refer to people: who are not able to get conventional loans, not wanting to be full time rei and  brrr vs buy & hold.  

I am not a CPA, so please take this with a giant grain of salt and I would advise running your plan by a CPA before executing and they can advise and fine tune it.My understanding is that net rental income is calculated on schedule E and is considered passive income, so it will have a different (lower) tax rate than earned income.

That said, most of the homes are clean and well kept with a few notable exceptions.

In late 2018 prices and market conditions were a bit different but notably the majority of current restrictions and regulations as it pertains to vacation rental permissions were essentially non existent. 

@Bruce Runn thank you for your responses.I am not able to connect with the 4D department.

Unfortunately, I was not able to use it as rental property and start my venture into real estate investing until now.