[Lil Dancer]

We had a patio villa about 5 years ago that we used to rent out. We stayed there a couple weeks a year and would check things out at that time. Otherwise, we hired someone to come in and clean after each tenant left and she would tell us what needed to be done. We had someone responsible doing the lawn, etc. So there really wasn't much maintenance to it. It was a great deal back then, because of the tax write offs, and because we were able to rent it about 10 months a year. Now, there is so much competiion - people have homes they haven't been able to sell, etc., that unless you've been doing it for awhile, and you have repeat customers, you might be able to rent only during the high season. Don't know if that would be profitable for you after paying all the expenses.