With limited experience you bring a lot of risk into the picture that combined with travel and delays could spell disaster.

I agree that's true but kind of a mute point imo... if you're concerned with the pex leaching chemicals then you should be concerned with the piping that city water travels in before reaching your pex lines and the quality of the city tap water in general.... as well as anything you drink that's bottled and any food that's bagged in plastic even those labelled as food safe which have been shown to leach chemicals.

Purchased with plan to live in permanently, put it as a STVR while traveling in our RV during the pandemic, and it did so well as a STVR that we decided to keep it as a rental and buy another cabin in Yosemite as our primary residence.

A 5 bedroom will work for one segment of the travel market, not for a single, couple or family of 4 or 5. 

And if you're truly serious about purchasing real estate in Ohio it would be a good idea to take a trip out there to learn the cities and neighborhoods, visit them at night, see if it's a good fit for you I guess you didn’t read the part where I said I couldn’t travel, can you please enlighten me where in Florida can you find affordable homes as in Akron?

I'm looking at condos that are part of hotels/resorts, for occasional personal use (I travel a lot and need a place to come back to), and to have STR income when I'm away.

Something to consider..going after travel nurses is only 1 demographic to consider.

Most of my guests are traveling medical professionals who undergo an additional check through their employer so I accept a copy of a fully executed employment contract (redacted is fine because I'm not interested in how much they're getting paid).

They are still branding themselves as a furnished rental website for "travel nurses and other traveling professionals" but they give travel nursing top billing throughout their website.

However, I need someone to be boots on the ground as I travel extensively for my job.Thoughts everyone?