I have clients who only care about cash flow, and I have others who focus on long term growth/appreciation.

Our strategy is long term buy and hold investors looking for solid cash flow.

Then you would need to look at the pure cash flow play of what type of rents can you get and is your cash flow return adequate to make the deal worthwhile, even if the residual value isn't there in the short term.

I've used them for cash sales in less than 14 days, they get it done cleanly.  

Or if you wanted to run a real business, becoming a private lender would clean up, but it's a lot of work. 

I specialize in buying distressed properties, rehabbing them, and then selling or renting them for positive cash flow.

If you need your vacation rental to produce a positive cash flow immediately, I do not recommend the investment. 

Our strategy is long term buy and hold investors looking for solid cash flow.

I was there last week and see the city seems to be getting aggressive tearing down some of the old houses and getting the lots cleaned up. 

just a reminder that the goal of a house hack isn't to cash flow.