And then we also get families visiting college students (we have 3 large ones like Duke), and tons of travelling nurses (our medical industry is large here).

Like business travel/meals, etc?

The STR rooming house would work, in theory, as a budget option for traveling going through town.

I travel there quite often to visit friends.

Or maybe have properties all over and travel a lot.

Traveling nurses and other professionals search this area often with the considerable amount of hospitals, medical facilities and corporations in the surrounding cities. 

Traveling nurses and workers in the tech hub are common answers, does your market support the demand for them?

I am looking forward to growing my real estate team and winning together.Outside of real estate, I enjoy nature, traveling, family and friends time. 

They can receive and forward your mail to you.Virtual mailbox services like Earth Class Mail, PostScan Mail, and Traveling Mailbox give you a real address, scan your mail, and let you forward, shred, or archive it.

There are low cost markets and the tradeoff is they require time to travel to and manage.