McKinney, with its stable rental market, is popular for long-term rentals.

thank you for the input those two are the most popular, I use them all the time for vacations and day or two trips, 

Once HGTV picked them up, "Fixer Upper" quickly became the channels #1 show and eventually became the fifth most popular show in all of television, worldwide.

We've got a tent site without RV hookups listed for $25-30/nightWe haven't gone into event venues, but mainly because there's a quite popular one a few hundred yards away down a dirt road.  

It is the most popular software in the industry, and most Tax Preparers are familiar with it, which makes tax season easier.My Recommendation: Spreadsheets are usually fine for your first 1-3 properties. 3+ properties, you should use a software.

ADUs seem to be really popular in California, depending on location. 

Some of the simpler asset protection solutions would include the following:  having max funds allowed in qualified retirement plan or IRA rather than personal as retirement plans are exempt assets in Federal and most state bankruptcies; investing through an annuity if your state (Florida and Texas for example) exempts insurance policies and defines annuities as an insurance policy; taking advantage of maximum homestead exemption in your state; use of corporations or more popular LLC or Series LLC to limit liability to the entity holding the asset; reasonable liability insurance if available; separating asset ownership from asset management; etc.I can design a simple, cost effective asset protection strategy of up to about $5million with little cost IF the individual resides in Texas or Florida.  

It also has become a popular travel destination over the last 5 years or so, so there has been an increase in competition in the STR space as well. 

Hey Phillip - DSCR's have become a popular route for the refi portion on BRRRRs.

If it wasn't so, the current typical popular model wouldn't even exist.