(It's like tourists: they don't want to go where a lot of tourists are lol)

The target market is semi-long term tourists.

I would highly recommend researching this short term tourist and long term residential haven.

My thoughts are that if a downturn was to hit the upstate area aggressively, then investments in Buffalo/surrounding areas could also be used as short term rentals or Airbnbs being that it's so close to tourist attractions like Niagara Falls.

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Now, definitely, you have to pair up your property location with a tourist attraction/destination.I live in San Francisco bay so Lake Tahoe area is very popular. the net effect of AirBNB is that a lot of real estate around the lake/mountains has changed hands in past years and they stay rented 20+ days per month easily.

Great community, quiet, lots of tourists, lots of stormy weather (especially in winter), yet only 1 1/2 hours to Olympia - 2 1/2 to Seattle.Most of the forclosures left are in pretty bad condition.  

The resorts just have such a stranglehold on the tourists, and they are incredibly responsive to matching pricing to demand, so I think it would be a fairly difficult play, but could work out very well if you can drive enough business to it. 

And the location is a downtown in smaller but growing tourist town.Pros: Good location, no zoning worries, residentials will lease easily.

Or more of a seasonal tourist place?