This is also a heavily visited area by Winter Texans of which many end up purchasing a second home in that area providing the price is reasonable.

I feel like for this to be profitable, it'd have to be heavily scaled.    

I am relying heavily on Marcus & Millichap for their recommendations but this post have been invaluable for recommendations.

The benefits depend heavily on the family situation of @Tristan S.

Since I'm not telling you the name of the developer and the name of the project, I can give you the following details.I've been buying with an investor 50/50 at a heavily discounted price to the market and the project launch price.

One thing to consider though, Airbnb does weigh heavily in the guest's favor.

It lacks curb appeal and most importantly it doesn't have the 2nd bathroom it heavily needs.Most tenants in that area will pay extra for a 2nd bathroom  unless they aren't getting a killer deal. 

But I just heard today that this might be considered a gift, and that she might be heavily taxed on it.  

On the commercial real estate side I qualify buyers just as heavily as they qualify me but I have been doing this awhile.Hope it helps.  

His reasoning was that our heavily Hispanic tenant base mainly works either under the table or in the service industry and they deal with cash.