It may be a better use of your time to begin advertising this unit so that you can get a new tenant moved in as quickly as possible following your current tenants move out.

I'm not talking about a location based on tourism where zoning allows for STRs, hotels and they have existed there for decades.I'm talking about residential zoned areas.

I understand that you want to look for a place with year round tourism, growing tourism stats, favorable STR regulations, etc.

There are lots of ways to find properties:- Buy stuff that's listed on the MLS- Auctions- Direct mail marketing- Advertising- Knock on doors and talk to potential sellers- Facebook advertising- Craigslist "For Sale"- Etc...I spend an entire chapter talking about acquisition strategies in "The Book on Flipping Houses" -- check it out for more details...

Its too bad newbies see this site as a way to find "good vendors" when all it is is free advertising for them. 

When we advertised it for rent in late November they had only 7 SFRs available on the entire market.

Beginning this summer, buyer's broker commissions can no longer be advertised or essentially offered on the MLS and can be negotiated up front.

What some other property managers do is just advertise renters insurance included and up the rent by that amount then place it on each.

That being said I'm planning to post a case study of how I helped my brother-in-law, a Contractor with a small 4-man team, go from struggling to $46,000 in new business in a very short time frame.If I had to write a highly click-bait worthy headline for this case study it would go something like...REVEALED: Struggling Contractor Signs $46,000+ in NEW Business in 7 days for FREE Without Paid Advertising Using This Simple 3-Step SystemI'm a glutton for memes, dad jokes, and anything that pokes fun at how ridiculous us marketers slice and dice language and communication in our marketing :)

My brother-in-law specializes in building patio covers, fences, decks, pergolas for residential homeowners.

My mid term leases do not reflect in the revenue data advertised.