Willing to travel a few hour radius as well. 

I have heard it's relatively consistent with cheap housing (cash flow comes to mind).

Will take this into the thought process; yes, I am out the earnest $, the travel, etc. already.

With lower commission fees, investors could increase their ROI on properties they intend to hold for shorter periods or those targeting travelers, temporary workers, or tenants in transition.

Starting 10/1 i will have a vacant unit in each home and I am considering trying airbnb in my guttenberg home and maybe a travel nurse housing in the Hackensack home  (10 minutes from Hackensack Marridean Hospital).

It’s off of a very traveled road with frontage, so it could be used for commercial or residential according to the zoning. 

Upgrades to the house, improved kitchens, bathrooms and the like will yield a return when you sell of course.Getting into STRs on the cheap has gone the way of the dinosaurs.

Think beyond year 1 and resist the urge to go for cash flow in a cheap market with little to no population growth.

Water could find it's way there and travel ways away from the point of penetration. 

My wife and I are traveling healthcare workers.