Now, we are 1 month strong and counting in renting out the top 2 bedrooms on airbnb, with us living in the bottom half (completely separate) - here's how it's going so far:Guests Stayed: 15Reviews: 5 stars, 8 reviews, super hostOccupancy: We had 3 nights of where 1 bedroom wasn't rented.

Before I moved down to Florida full-time, I used to rent my house in Largo for half the year on Airbnb/VRBO to help pay the mortgage when I was not here.

Personally I prefer investing locally in my own markets (I invest in about a 75 mile radius but would still consider up to about a 2 hour drive to be fairly local).

If the lanlord does not match tax records that can only mean that they are lying or the property has changed hands recently and the tax records have not been updated (in Milwaukee it can take half a year..) 

Having a second home less than 75 miles from your primary residence and using it as a STR can cause issues.

@Lily Rodriguez your profile says you're a real estate broker, if that's the case I'm shocked that you post on Zillow and not on the MLS for 2 reasons, one according to the association  rules you're required to list all your properties on the MLS (assuming you joined a association) second Zillow is not our friend, Zillow competes with us and tries to push clients to their Premier agents costing the listing agent half a month rent.Quote from @Lily Rodriguez: Marcus,If you want more exposure you can list it on the MLS, and you will have to pay a fee to the agent that brings you the tenant then you will have to do a credit check and background check yourself for each applicant however for my clients I prefer to list it on Zillow rentals only, because I can manage the applications directly from there and the prospective tenant only pays $35 application fee once and can apply for different properties with the same application fee.

The only reason i've cashed out of roughly half of my rentals since covid was to put my capital here instead. 

I am 5 miles from 2 major hospitals in the St.Paul MN area.

Some background...I lived 20ish miles north of Detroit until I was 32.

The rich get richer, and like George Carlen said--it's a great big club...But given that....don't see the glass as half empty, instead see it as half full.If you want to be a big fish (accredited investor) RISK your investment money in things you think will get you to that goal.