Many people choose to invest in a second home in Phuket because of its warm climate, excellent infrastructure, beautiful beaches, international facilities, a laid-back lifestyle, cheap and fresh food plus the availability of foreign products in shops and supermarkets dotted around the island. Both short and long visitors nowadays choose to stay in vacation rental properties rather than in a guesthouse, as they realize the advantages that these vacation homes can provide, particularly when it comes to privacy, space, convenience and the money saved if travelling with a group of friends or family. If you choose a quality project in the right area so that you can also own a piece of paradise, the rental yields can generate a significant amount of profit for your investment.Unless you have an excess of money to invest in a high-end quick house sale development in a prime location such as Patong, Kata and Karon beach that commands sweeping sea views, the rest of us are generally priced out of the market in these areas. If we leave the frenzy of the prime areas to the high rollers and look elsewhere, there are still gems to be discovered, and one such gem is the area of Rawai.Rawai is a quiet residential area and a small village located at the very southern tip of the island. As it is not as busy and commercialised as Patong, Kata and Karon, it has a laid-back atmosphere which attracts many expats. Everything things are still locally priced, and it has all the facilities you need such as the evening markets for fresh produce, cheap local eating places, a selection of high quality Western restaurants, international nurseries and kindergartens, general stores, banks and gyms.