I'm also going to another gathering on the 19th at the Holiday Inn downtown.

We had a written agreement that if closing for any reason was not completed by (10) days they would remove all personal belongings,,My insurance was still active so not much to worry about,, It took another 2 days past the 10 days for their loan to close,, the had a mortgage thru the VA and they were slow and the July 4th holiday messed things up even more..

Happy holiday weekend be great to see you at our next socal meet and greet I am going to do one at my office in corona.

Im not as well versed with buy and hold, but I did stay in a holiday inn once...

The meeting for this month was last weekend though due to the Memorial Day holiday.

Holiday weeks/weekends I am charging 400-500 per night... 

I may be wrong but I feel that house prices will be less expensive in the Fall/ Winter months since most people are settled in school being in session and thinking about the holidays and not home shopping/ buying.

I thought this was something kind of fun that BP members would appreciate. My wife and I are currently traveling the country in our RV full-time. If you read my profile and new member post you'll get a little more inf...

I visit during holidays as my family still lives there. 

Or for now, as you mentioned, for holidays try renting it as an Airbnb and see if that works out.