Not the commenter you responded to, but I think they're overstating the problem a bit. Some of these places are purely used as second homes. The owner only lives in them for a very limited part of the year, and the rest of the time they sit empty. They're also used as investment properties. Maybe a company buys them to sit on the unit(s) for several years hoping to flip and sell, or they could be foreign purchased units....

Ultimately, if you're not earning money from a commercial or residential tenant then they're not "making money" off the property . . . until it's sold. And I *think* that's the point the other commenter was making.