Fact is St Paul is the grand champion of idiotic political actions to tank a city/market.

its very slow in Panama City beach. very slow

As an out of state investor, Birmingham has proven far and away my most difficult city to rent remotely (it's one of five cities in which I have rental properties), mostly because of terrible property managers.

When developing, I'd first talk with the city building/zoning about what they want to see more of and where, and try a simple project that should be smooth sailing on plan approvals, saving you time and money. 

City water 200 yards away

I ended up not even going STR after digging into her projections and finding out they were not realistic and were just based on city-wide data.

And the city is growing very fast, so you should see a lot of appreciation as well. 

For me personally I will stay out of the city limits for STRs.

I also have similar guides that you may want to look over for Kansas City, Missouri.

The city is still economically not showing the types of growth that you’ll find in areas like the Lehigh valley which in my book are a huge pro.