Off street parking is typically more important for high end/expensive rentals.

There are a lot of markets with solid job markets, strong populations, solid rent growth, but when you are talking ONE property, unless you are considering highly rural areas, it likely doesn't matter.  

I require a high credit score 680+ and two prior landlord references.

Highly recommend @Lien Vuong she commented below and has helped a lot of our clients start of expand their investment property portfolio. 

My income doesn’t show itself as being very high, but I have a relatively large amount of cash to put down.

JP Ruiz: Knows more about 401ks than anyone I’ve ever met…crazy smart, articulate, highly inappropriate sense of humor.

They wrote me Commercial policies with high limits....only $100 mo roughly, never had a problem.I would just ask the company that handles your current home's insurance....some will do STR insurance, some won't.

Whie DOS lender risk may or may not be high, being ininsured is... well, enjoy your 'asset protection'.

This year is slower than normal because mortgage rates and home prices are so high.

Anyone that is looking at your assets is always going to need to factor in property management, so you can show that as a real expense (and really make it as high or low as you want).I work in a vertically integrated real estate and development company, and I cannot imagine how things would run if we did not have an internal property management company that essentially works for the other companies but also stands on its own.