Next I wanted income property but Short  term Rental (STR) is Fighting for its life in 3 counties bc of the casino/hotel influence I  think.  

I live near a casino and have seen the economic boom it provides.  

On a side note, in Texas we can do anything and everything we wish to with a deposit or prepaid rent be it buy a boat or head to the casinos in Louisiana. 

If you want gambling excitement, go to the casino. 

Like my folks who visits casino every year betting a low hundreds on slot machines...

(Luckily they overturned themselves later, but little help if you went out business in the meanwhile.)Ps.  150,000 hotel rooms, some as cheap at big name casinos as $30/night.

I am cool  with buying something I perceive to be a good value and just sitting on it.. like that property I bought up in Rohnert Park next to the Graton Casino in 1995.... its only been 24 years but return on investment on that one will be literally 100 times what I paid for it.. and it cost me 300 a year in tax's and money that was pocket change to buy.. now granted what I do most wont as they need monthly income but I make monthly income in my real estate business and have basically zero income from rentals..

I left right as construction was starting on the casino.

I recently reached out to my guy (he’s a professional, does casinos, sports stadiums, public buildings, etc) for a bid and here’s his exact breakdown.

Fortunatly we never got on the Airbnb train, I remember too well what the last recession did to travel and tourism - I have seen it live in Vegas, empty casinos, 17,000 construction workers on the Aria City Center job sent home mid project.