Criteria to pick a good area

[Justin Cox]

Hey everyone! So my wife and I have decided that we are wanting to try our hand at short term vacation rentals. The problem I’m running in to is picking a destination. We don’t have a large sum of money so we can’t go to the well known destinations. We’re having to look in areas that are brand new to us. 

My questions is how do you determine if some of these up and coming areas are good areas? 

Is there any good websites to look at that would have information about crime rate, things to do, etc?

And also what other places in the area are renting for and how they are doing in the market