This decision will also be impacted by your interest rate.

I recently watched a video on social media that mentioned the way he was buying properties and yielding the benefit of the sellers low interest rate is having the seller put the property in a trust and then purchasing the trust.

You do not indicate what your current interest rate is.  

Just make sure you’re comfortable with the interest rate if going either route.  

Think I better clarify - this isn't an altruistic attempt to help VRBO 😄, but rather a hope that it might result in a higher overall booking rate if both platforms perform at a high level

Rent, Expenses, NOI, Cash Flow, COCR, Cap Rate, Market cap rate. 

However, value add with a sale is not as implacted by rates.  

-How are you getting a 3.75% rate?  

What interest rate are you getting?

@Jonathan S. you'll get burned if you buy real estate rentals and do not, "manage your manager".Even the BEST make mistakes and no one can catch every mistake.So, it takes a team effort between a PMC and an owner to make it work:)