Our cabin in the Smokies borders about 100 acres of undeveloped land and we get very frequent bear visitors, including moms with cubs every year.

@Nicholas L.As a visitor, of course yes.

On the other side, Scottsdale is always a hot vacation area with plenty of spas, golf courses, and shopping centers that attract visitors year-round.

Here are my (thus far unsubstantiated) concerns:  (1) once they turn 21 there will be irresponsible use of alcohol involving visitors to my property; (2)  they are too immature to respect other peoples' property and will not take care of the apartment; (3) when they break up in 3 months, I'll be back to square one - this time in the dead of winter.I could do a guarantor, but here in NYS we cannot collect any additional deposit beyond one month's rent, so I would have another person to seek damages from, but they would not have any monetary "skin in the game." 

If bookings decrease or if there are any other changes (# of visitors decrease, etc), they are the first ones hit.

A visitor surfs the Podio user's website.

Meaning you could get fined for renting out for a term less than 30 days per visitor.

@Armand DufraneHey Armand, I would recommend the Tampa Bay area for a lot of different reasons - but in general because it offers:-high growth and appreciation projections-two cities with many attractions and visitors-mild seasonality, more stable income-good cash flow, low acquisition cost generally-exit strategies: not too uncommon to be able to buy a SFR and it still able to cash flow day 1 as a LTR.There tend to be two sweet spots: sub $350k and the lux space (over $800k typically) that cash flow well here.

Many parts of the county are slammed three months a year with a new crops of hipster city visitors.

Visit the Courthouse For those of you who may want to know more about IRS Liens on Properties in your counties, please know that most likely you will have to visit or go-in-person to the Courthouse in your area to determine if the Property of Interest has an IRS Lien on it or not.Public Terminals/BooksSome counties have Public Terminals/Computers that you can access to view this information while others place the IRS Lien Information in Manuals, much like Deed Books.