The people I rent to don't like 20 year old appliances.

Yes, many people do.

This helps weed out the people who aren't that interested. 

I know a lot of people here both on and accepting Section 8 and I have never heard of them refusing to pay legitimate rent claims. 

Nevertheless, I think if more people are talking about it, we can all work together to protect each other from any nefarious operations in our industry.

People call me from all over the world to invest in real estate.

In the end, I prefer the long-term rental route with a good tenant though and over time when I start traveling for extended periods again, I will likely shift them back to long-term.I personally, would not purchase a property for the sole purpose of being a vacation rental - it's just not part of my investment strategy though, I have met people who do quite well with that model. 

Do you help other people how to structure this type of deals ?

I hate when people call me about a house I have for sale and before they ask anything about the house they want to know if they can take over payments or finance it, etc. etc.

I'm just educating people on where to put their money.