Returns will be much lower than other alternatives, but purely passive and likely less risk than the stock market.

You have a little more leeway with the numbers as a house hack rather than pure investment property.

Of course, there are other numbers to take into account if you want to get more precise, like appreciation/depreciation, plus the opportunity cost of the dead equity....but to say owning a house is purely a liability isn't totally accurate. 

One problem with commodities is that they are a bit of a gamble because the price is based purely on demand and supply and demand often changes suddenly as investor sentiment changes.The stock of a good company with good financials and good growth prospects is much easier to value because it is based on the cash flows that the company will generate.

Now it was a lower end product and not a resort destination, but I didn't like it from a pure investment standpoint.

Note: I'm not a lawyer or an accountant and this is purely info based on research I've done.

In my area, the bulk of the buyers are FHA, so working on pure volume doesn't work as well as it might look on paper.

I still have a good supply of all,of the PURE stuff.

Oh joy.

The answer is either based on subjective personal preference or on objective financial calculations.There is little advantage to be gained from a pure maximum return criteria on 15 year financing with today's low rates.