Since you plan to travel often, focusing on systems and building a reliable team: agent, lender, property manager, and contractor. 

Make sure you choose a realtor who is used to travelling into your target community and not just engaging properties from behind a phone/computer screen.

Also, you could explore MTRs as there are a lot of traveling professionals in the area.

I see a lot of new construction in Richmond and Berea as I travel from Lex nearly every day im excited to see how the mega site in Mt Vernon and Richmond grow these areas What surrounding areas of Lexington are you seeing more activity?

Most of my CFO clients for the markets where they own properties, they either 1) grew up in the area, 2) have family and/or friends in the area, or 3) they travel to the market frequently.

It’s amazing to see how much the market has changed since then..and I remeber reading an article in Forbes that talked about how travelers often prefer unique stays with great locations.A friend of mine up in Lakewood had a client who tried an Airbnb in a condo overlooking Sloan’s Lake.

My recommendation would be to look into hospitals nearby and try to market to them to be an option for traveling nurses also. 

We love traveling (next up: Trump's inauguration in January).- Our first investment: A house in Detroit via InvesteerAmerika (handling resales, property management connections, and setup).

We have about 22 full-time W2 employees in the office, approximately 40 traveling construction folks -- and managers and maintenance W2 employees at each community we own and operate.

Yes, it must be the rent prices, but also there seem to be a lot of 1 or 2 people travelers needing a small place for a short time.