{"id":108037,"date":"2021-02-25T23:33:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T23:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=108037"},"modified":"2021-02-25T23:33:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T23:33:04","slug":"best-cities-to-own-a-vacation-rental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/best-cities-to-own-a-vacation-rental\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Cities to Own a Vacation Rental"},"content":{"rendered":"
Owning a second home, whether as an investment or a vacation getaway, may seem like a luxury to most of us, but a surprising number of American households — almost eight million of them — do indeed have a secondary property.<\/span><\/p>\n Many of these are in rural areas or smaller towns, and the thought of retreating to a more tranquil and probably less crowded place has obvious appeal in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the vacation rental business is thriving right now, as private residences are seen as safer than hotels and better suited for working remotely. (However, before heading off for a getaway, it’s important to be aware of<\/span> the latest COVID-19 travel restrictions in each state<\/span>.)<\/span><\/p>\n Some locations around the country are particularly good places in which to own a vacation home, whether for personal use or rental or both, and also good places to seek out a rental for a temporary stay.<\/span><\/p>\n Click here to see the best places to own a vacation home.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Based on 14 metrics — including rental vacancy rate, median annual property taxes, number of local attractions, and rates of violent crime, property crime, and natural hazards — the lawn care company LawnStarter recently compared 318 destinations to compile a list of<\/span> 2021’s best cities to own a vacation home<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n Some are small towns, though sometimes part of large metropolitan areas; two are good-sized cities rather than semi-rural retreats. (These are<\/span> America’s 50 best cities to live<\/span>.)<\/span><\/p>\n As varied as they may be, any one of the places on this list would be a nice place to live at least some of the time as well as a good potential source of extra income.<\/span><\/p>\n To supplement these rankings, we added the median home value for each city on this list in 2019 and noted how that figure compared to the value of a typical home nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n