How best to find counties friendly to STR?

[Alan Ford]

Hi all, I am currently trying to sell one of my STR's via 1031 for a pretty decent profit. I want to find a large lake front home - but need to STR it for two years before I can make it my permanent residence which is the goal. I would like to at least break even during these two year of not being able to live in the home.

How do you find counties )without looking up each one) that are friendly to STR?

I am specifically interested in lakes two hours or less from Atlanta, GA Airport or Charlotte, NC.

Lake Lanier, Lake Oconee, Lake Norman etc.

Budget will be 1.2m or less.

Thanks