Do you have any feel for whether the vacation rental market there is relatively strong 12 months of the year, or are there slower seasons?  

The refinancing R must be done after proper seasoning or holding of the property.

If you are looking at possibly becoming a host I would recommend getting a month subscription to Airdna which will give you a really good look at the numbers (occupancy, avg nightly rate, seasonality, etc.). 

My suggestions:-Have a plan for the off-season.

I tried to contact them once a month they always had a reason why it was still vacant- slow season, tax season...

We are only planning to rent the home from Memorial Day through Labor day with a couple weeks reserved for our personal family Renting it for roughly 8-10 weeks (high lake season). 

Dig in to the data, look at the occupancy, average daily rate, seasonality, regulations, etc.

Chad,the mistake everyone makes beginner and seasoned investor is starting with DMM by absolute default.

IRR 15%, COC 9%, etc..There are a million things to consider in between all those bullet points.

You could find them on craigslist searching for buyers.But honestly, meetings are a waste of time.Meetings are usually for seasoned often older buy and hold investors that just don't have the energy or time to hustle for off market deals, and want a lazy way of getting deals hoping good wholesalers are there  hoping someone has a great amazing deal.Reality check though.