Even if the specific booking is not from Airbnb, the entitlement is permeating the market in general.I do like how pretty much all of the OTA's offer trip insurance. 

You could put most of your funds in the stock market and access them when needed for a HML.

So they used the actual rented data of these companies to compare what rentals should go for in your market.

Educate yourself on how to handle marketing, screening, late rent, lease violations, etc.

The market is ALWAYS changing but I know at this time, seasoned investors are getting 80% LTV on DSCR in the 6% range and 90% of PP/100% of renovation if total loan does not exceed 75% of ARV for FixNFlip loans. =)  

I am not sure if I should stay local to my market.

Are you investing in your local market?

These cities are the well known, sub 100k markets in the US.

I can say that with Phoenix, a multitude of opportunities can be in store for you if you invest in their market, network, or even just want to get familiar with it.What type of real estate are you into: fix & flips, buy & hold, multi-family, or something else?

If you get greedy and put #3 in front of #1 or #2 you can get burned like any other market.