In fact, I work with one investor who brought a property in Surprise to retire in and visit seasonally he is now looking for another property because his rental stays booked leaving him little room to enjoy it himself.Short-Term Rentals in the Surprise area bring visitors who are seeking the Phoenix International Raceway, Lake Pleasent, MLB Baseball Training camps, family, etc.

As you mentioned, you will pay a bit more but it may be a great deal doing no work and can get visitors asap. 

So, visitors are fine and they keep coming back and retirees keep moving to Mexico.One thing to understand is that the drug cartels have no interest whatsoever in killing the golden goose of tourism, which would decrease their drug sales.

Simultaneously, Cowboy Christmas, a western-themed gift show, unfolds at the Convention Center, offering an expanded experience for over 300,000 visitors.

Also @Zackarias Aitchison, most states have a department of tourism which will have visitor data for their most popular areas.

I can't say the area is oversaturated when we receive nearly 11-14 million visitors annually through here.

John, but has lower visitor counts than STT and STJ.

I don't live in that area, but I frequently attend the State Fair of Texas and other events in the area...including the annual Texas/OU football game at the Cotton Bowl Stadium.Dallas voters recently passed a new bond to invest additional moneys into the Fair Park to continue to have it serve as an attraction for in-town and out of town visitors.  

Most families have two trucks or cars, with Visitors.

If your occupancy rate is not too high at the moment and you believe you can attract more visitors than sticking with an STR model and attempting to improve your marketing would be a good strategy to try.