It fueled bidding wars and sight-unseen purchases across America’s vacation zones, which already had dwindling stocks of homes for sale, real-estate agents say.The booming market is also luring investors, some of whom have generated substantial profit by fixing up old homes and then flipping them.

And looking forward to working in real estate and investing in the stock market.

Possibly a dividend stock account, very conservative growth stocks, etc, etc.

I’m a big believer in the long term success of total stock market index funds but understand that poses risk in the short term; though I also have a hard time stockpiling cash in a traditional savings account knowing that money isn’t working for me.I technically have the funds for an FHA loan or small conventional already but I won’t be eligible for another owner occupant loan until 2021 and would like to put more down anyways so I’ve set my timeline for six months - one year. 

I've had my money in stocks, but the volitity on a day to day basis isn't something to shy away. 

If this was an unfurnished home like all other LTR's, then it would be easy, but with a fully stocked vacation home, that means wear and tear on everything there.

Which REITs have seen their stock price booming?

@Mike De Lota, as everyone else so far has said, anecdotally everything has been hotter than ever, but I'd personally recommend against putting too much stock in any anecdotal information.

Maybe a better question is should I be aggressively increasing my contribution to max out my 401k contribution to the $19,500 limit which I am currently at about half that; and after that, with all the poor economic indicators and the disconnection of the stock market to the economy and high unemployment, when is it wise to take a cash position and how much?

@Terry Matthews Beach condos are like the stock market- hold on for consistent returns.