Hi @Michael Baum, I have watched several PB episodes about MTR, mostly for traveling nurses and insurance displacements and I am interested in learning more but I do not have time to watch everybodys videos on how to get started.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

Here is a great video on how to use Pricelabs, to build a comp-set to understand how to price longer term stays in your market: 2.

There are also some good videos on youtube on how to use it properly.

I flew out there and did drive around the neighborhoods - they look much different in person than in photos and video tours (I do know a few CA investors who buy sight unseen in multiple states but I think their risk tolerance is higher than mine).   

I've read quite a bit and I've watched a ton of videos. 

The really good spreadsheets come with a video teaching you how to use them.

Pete) and have narrowed it down to finding a single family home with a pool in the unincorporated Bay Pines area or Indian Rocks Beach (note, it took a long time for me to get over my beach view condo dream in a popular area but HOA fees and restrictions helped!).

Coastal cities like Wilmington, NC, and Charleston, SC, are also popular spots for new construction.

Local agents and local investors can just look at the price and address and see if it is a popular area immediately.