You may get retirees, tenants who work locally to those towns, airline pilots who are rarely home, etc.

For us it varies by property - smaller more urban units can be 80,90% Airbnb whereas larger beach houses can be as low as 30% Airbnb but company wide on 65 or so doors last I checked was 40% Airbnb, 30% VRBO, 30% Other (Direct, Marriott, Google, Booking.com, Jetblue/Allegiant Airlines, others).

The goal is to potentially begin a family once I have established basic seniority at an airline.

I personally would also do booking.com but my experience has not been as negative as some others here.There are a lot of other platforms I use as a PM like Marriott Homes and Villas and JetBlue airlines but they only work with PM's with over 50 units.

My strength admittedly is on the administrative tasks.For those who are opposite of me, who struggle with the administrative side, would you consider a B2B relationship with a service that takes all of the tasks off of your hands, and if so what would you be willing to pay (% or flat fee).To be clear, what would be offered would be:- Listing on 15+ channels including Marriott Homes and Villas, Abnb, VRBO/, Booking.com, Zillow, coming soon Amex Travel and Hyatt, Jetblue and Allegiant Airlines, and more.- Pricing software w/ live revenue manager- Smart Lock software- 24/7 Guest Communication via platform, voice, text, email.- 24/7 Communication with owner or PM staff for maintenance or cleaning issues. 

I wanted to be an airline pilot growing up and I think he wanted to be a real estate developer. :)  

Airbnb/VRBO do bring in about 60% of our bookings but that does leave another 40% to direct bookings and a combination of our other platforms (Marriott Homes and Villas, Booking.com, JetBlue and Allegiant Airlines, Google Vacation Rentals, and more). 

Even from our HQ in FL I can likely outperform you on revenue for a few reasons:1 - We have partnerships with 15+ listing sites, including Marriot Homes + Villas, JetBlue and Allegiant Airlines, coming soon Amex Travel portal and Hyatt's VR site. 

I have been to the Cayman Islands plenty of times, and love it, but I want to find somewhere else - a hidden gem maybe... that has yet to explode as a tourist destination, but close enough to a major town that airlines can fly into as I need to make it somewhat affordable and accessible to people who would like to rent it out.

It'll be like the airline industry sort of.