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Towns in the Great Smoky Mountains are favorites for vacation homes.
- A vacation home can be a great investment if you buy one in the right location.
- Vacation rental management company Vacasa recently looked at the top places to buy a vacation home.
- Vacation homes in the Great Smoky Mountains and on Florida beaches are the most popular.
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A vacation home not only serves as a perfect getaway, but as a great investment - especially if you buy one in the right place.
Property management company Vacasa recently released their 2019 report on the top places to buy a vacation home. To determine its rankings, Vacasa looked at home sales data in vacation destinations across the US and overlaid it with actual performance data for thousands of vacation rental properties.
Turns out, the mountains and the beach are battling it out for top spots. Vacation home buyers are loving both the Great Smoky Mountains and Florida beaches - but they're also buying everywhere from Oregon and Hawaii to Vermont.
Below, see the top places in the US to buy a vacation home, ranked in order of increasing average investment property returns.