RVtravelguy, the cost of possible damage will eat up any profit right quick.
We rented 3 times before we purchased. The owner of the rental company sent his units off to auction every year and bought a whole new fleet (probably 15-20 units). Of course he did receive a good discount for buying so many. He told me it just wasn't worth it to try and maintain a unit as it started to age. So, every year that we rented, we got a new unit!
He had one unit where a guy hit a deer, it damaged the front-end pretty bad. I'm sure that unit was out of commission for several months.
Granted, you might have a good renter or two but one bad renter 'could' cause some serious damage. Would you want someone to smoke in your RV? Have unruly pets? Take a family of 10?
I would certainly wish you the best of luck, but take a very realistic look at this before moving forward.
Safe travels,
MM.
