Hey! I know I am a little late to the party and also VERY new to BP Forums, but I wanted to add my 2 cents and share my experiences as the partner to a travel nurse.
Firstly I really enjoyed reading the different view points on MTS from each of you! There a lot of value here that I hope to use.
My wife is a NICU nurse and we have been traveling since the end of 2019. She has had assignments in Winston Salem NC, Albuquerque NM, and now in Asheville. Having lived it and met a lot of other travel nurses from all over the country, my take on MTRs and travel nurses' is that there will always be a demand. Reason being the demand for specialties like NICU nurse fluctuate greatly depending on seasons and lifestyle shifts. At times there are very few babies, and then all of a sudden the census in hospitals jump, so they scramble to hire travelers. Additionally another big factor that effects the demand for travelers is wage disputes and strikes. We have seen hospitals offering up to $100/hr for contracts!
Point being that if you run the numbers properly and do your research, to me a MTR leased by a traveling professional is ideal. They are less likely to destroy the property, they pay the bills on time, they are happy to pay more than LTR rates, and you can have less vacancy than STRs. Every city we have travelled to, it has been VERY hard to find a MTR that suit a traveling couple i.e. a 2-3br/1-2bt with parking.
My suggestion would be to look up travel nurse groups on FB and see what people are saying about different markets and hospitals, and then explore properties within 20 minutes of popular hospitals. I hope that helps! Good luck!!
