Ours is in an area that is primarily summer only but with continuous improvements and a good rental manager our utilization is increasing into spring and fall.Best part about vacation Rentals, no concerns about evictions.Worst part, extremely hard to cash flow with traditional LTV rates.

Taxes are based on the difference between your sales price and your acquisition cost (purchase and capital improvements.)You should speak with tour CPA and lawyer to best structure your business to minimize the tax impact.

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Casa Grande.

Purchase price: $106

Cash invested: $22,500

This home is a two story beauty! Beautiful kitchen that opens up to fami...

Though in the grand scheme of things, it's a very efficient way to market

If most of your lenders are like the ones that I call, they talk for quite a while before even finding out what I want to do with the loan or rate that I'm looking to get, if they know your rate prior to going off on a tangent, it may let them know if they can offer you something or if your rate is so good that they can't compete, leading to a more efficient conversation.Worst case scenario: You tick someone off. 

Even younger buyers want energy efficiency, open floor plans and a true master suite.

We ran out of cash and energy at the end of this.

I believe I need to find a no-money down seller-financed deal to use and improve.

And some realistic sense for how much work/time/energy this is for you.An good agent can tour the property and produce a written CMA - takes me about half a day, to do both things well and not just shoot from the hip.

Numerous improvements and upgrades.