My suggestion would be to buy a place to be a mid term rental and experiment with short term during the vacancy gaps. 

Secondly, you'll definitely want to confirm with a tax strategist with experience in the STR space to confirm if the setup you describe will pass as an STR with the IRS. 

Start local and small, then grow from there with experience.

I have purchased a few different land ed courses out there.   There seems to be a new one coming out every day & I am skeptical of a lot of the creators.  They seem to lack substance listening to their initial inf...

@John Underwood what were some of the experiences you've heard?

But I find from personal experience and from my buyers' Airbnb experience that it's a bit of a hassle trying to get guests to rebook at the new listing.I don't know how strict Joshue Tree is at enforcement, but in Denver and Colorado Springs here, you could probably get away with an STR listing for three months without the license.

There may be other issues at play here that have little to do with a lack of experience at real estate tech platforms. 

Jorge Newberry is the principal and a very good guy from my experience.

I've owned student housing as far as 4.1 miles from the University of South Carolina campus.In my experience, the only reason kids would live that far away is cheap rent.

I'm wondering if that might be less of an issue for something more rustic and temporarily occupied like camping/RV.Any one have any thoughts, parallel experiences, or other basis for insight?