IMO, Breckenridge has it all of you want access to a vast trail system (all seasons/sports), recreation paths, events, and a walkable/bikeable lifestyle downtown.

Sports..

When we go out to eat, enjoy leisure activities, or pay for travel sports- they know it is partly because of the buildings.

I fully admit that in retrospect - it was a huge gamble.

It's only in that scenario that I would break even....so I'd need an even larger crash to have timed the market, so it's a gamble where I'm feeling a bird in the hand is better.  

They may have some references or contacts that they know so that you don't have to gamble on a bad contrator.

Added to these problems are small business' closing, kids not going to school, no children sports being played, not as many family gatherings, not as many people eating out, hotel stays, travel, and the list goes on and on.

We gambled and won.   

I still do the sport card wholesaling (no business partner anymore).

But for short-term rental success, or long-term, staying close to central Scottsdale, with all the entertainment, restaurants and sporting events, is a smart move.