If you want to rent for short-term stays (fewer than 30 days) in a place that is not your primary residence or you want to rent for short-term stays that will total more than 180 days in a calendar year, you can obtain a "visitors accommodation" license. 

You first need to analyse the property to confirm it is suitable as a rental.

Business license, U&I, suitability certification, lead certification, etc.2) Philly landlords are highly recommend to join PGWorks so that tenant's unpaid gas bill does not put a lien on his/her property.

As such, I would have saved as much as I could and continued to pay rent up until the time I could find a suitable duplex that I could add some value to. 

I knew going in that there would be several obstacles - but didn't realize the scope of them - I found it to be very educational and am still working on said project to try to see what the costs are actually going to be and if it is still worth it - it is a developer / contractor who is looking into it and I am helping him locate suitable properties and learning about the challenges of developing at the same time. 

@Matthew Holderly did you find a suitable option?  

It needs a little updating to make it a bit sleeker, but it has a form, and points visitors to my company.

The reason I am asking is I am a full-time worker and it seems very hard to catch up with being the first visitors to the properties who come to the market. 

A free and clear ocean front property in Hawaii where we've had record breaking visitor arrivals and spending, should be killing it.

GALVESTON - Galveston has set a record for the number of tourists visiting the island for the fourth consecutive year, rising to 6.4 million in 2015 and even much more in 2016 with help from a surge in cruise passengers, according to a recent study for the Galveston Tourism and Visitors Bureau.