Are you interested in short or long term rental (guests or someone who you live with on an ongoing basis)?  

It's easy to obtain, costs very little, and doesn't require additional, on-going effort to maintain.

That is until I ran the numbers and realized that I'm priced out of that market. 

When the sale of an asset yields high returns, a straight split distributes more money to limited partners and a waterfall structure distributes more money to the general partners.Using Your Investing Goals to Determine Which Real Estate Syndication Structure is Best for YouIf your personal investing goals are centered toward ongoing passive income, a deal with a preferred return (waterfall structure) might better suit your needs because greater cash flow distributions throughout the project lifecycle are likely.

If i ran a whole capex budget I would guess it would be twice what your are saving.

In my reserch I ran across some articles that one of the so called gurus teaches this method.

It was an ongoing process but the landscaping, exterior paint, and security cameras were nice selling points and helped us "reset" our reputation. 

But in attending some marketing seminars I ran across the work of Dean Jackson, who is a certified genius in e-mail marketing. 

You have ongoing responsibilities that don't end here.  

They may even sue you for ongoing maintenance costs if they can't find someone to repurchase, or if there's some differentiation on what they pay.Your better bet is to just resell it on a timeshare market.