Your home, has to be in good condition & you will have to ensure that the tenant can vacate the home. 

I like your plan of investing in vacation homes.

So condo's can be a good deal if they are in an area that has a lot of vacation rentals and the municipality is all about tourism and space for visitors to stay.The biggest issue is the HOA.

I have a new tenant who is ready to move-in and live with them/or make them vacate.

Give them 14 days to vacate with no penalty.

Here's a link to the story:  https://www.nhar.org/news/arti...And Melissa Silk is correct--New Hampshire is a year-round vacation state. 

For those who’ve purchased their first vacation rental in the Destin or Panama City Beach area (or surrounding areas, too), what’s one thing you wish you’d known beforehand?

Unless you are in a vacation area, I would never buy a STR that does not work as a LTR.Regarding another pandemic, we have one like every 100 years, so I am playing the odds that we are not going to have another covid lockdown situation anytime soon.

My family and I vacationed in Bryson City for 10 years before setting up an STR there in 2022.

However, I expect them to vacate in less than 14 days because they claim the rental is killing them.