Florida is tourist-driven, so we 100% address transient tenancy at all levels of government. 

@Todd ThompsonSan Antonio has a solid demand for rentals in addition to attracting its fair share of tourists.

Hello Adam, Generally, Central and North Florida housing prices are lower than South Florida housing prices.For a vacation rentals, Central Florida is a good area because Walt Disney World is a popular tourist destination.It will be unlikely to find a move in ready single family residence that can be marketed as a vacation rental for under $100k.For $100k, you should look for vacation condo rental.

Eventually I plan to place this home on the short term rental market, it is located in south florida right off turnpike, near the airport and beach, main roads and downtown tourist attractions. the area is going through a ton of gentrification so I plan to hold on to this one for at least 5-10 years. 

I like to stay at hotels--BUT(I think) the Tax you are complaining about is a combined state and city tax that all hotels pay, not just AirBnB.It's called the Hotel Occupancy Tax and is paid by the customer.My understanding is they use 100% of the money to increase tourist travel to Texas-generating more stays.If some of your local competitors are not paying it (you really have no way of knowing if they do or not) they will eventually get caught.I imagine there are some businesses that a lot of this collected money gets steered to, and a handful of people living very well because of it--but they are bringing more customers to Texas.I suspect it will not go away, and is just a cost of doing business.https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/fiscal-notes/2016/june-july/hotel-tax.php#:~:text=Under%20Texas%20law%2C%20local%20HOT,generating%20more%20hotel%20occupancy%20tax.

Michigan AirBnb rentals have typically longer stays and are usually more used for visiting family or exploring job opportunities than destination tourist attractions.

@Ryan Santiago STRs can be great in this town, especially if they don’t cancel tourist season again.  

Due to the Airbnb consideration, we want to buy near attractions for travelers....Airport, Universities, Business districts, Tourist areas.

Hello everyone, I'm looking for ways to finance my first investment property and would like your opinion on how can I play my cards right.I'm in the US with a tourist visa so I'm allowed to stay up to 6 months so I don't have SSN. 

I’m not invested in Blue Ridge, I feel like it has less tourist draw.