Short term rentals tend to have a higher yield (quick money) but higher turn over, long term rental lower yield or cap rate (long money) but more reliable tenants. 

Check out Furnished Finder to see if there are any comparable MTRs and their rate in the area. 

For example, if you are looking to get $1,000 a month and all the available rentals on Zillow have hardwoods for a comparable-sized property/ unit you would want to add hardwoods.

If using a PM the returns fall to be comparable to LTR.  

Understandable during the days of yore when all the data was exclusively held on the MLS and you needed agents to get access to reliable information.

However, after reflection, I realized I was becoming too emotionally attached to my first investment after a 15-year break and faced challenges finding reliable contractors.Update (5/17/23):After three failed contractor attempts, I finally secured a reliable one.

You should buy where you can build out the most reliable team

@Ryan DunnYou are comparing apples and oranges.

You live in Jacksonville which is a market that has homes at the lower price point compared to the nation.I would do one of two things1) Get a new property via 3.5% down and use the rest as reserves2) save up another $10,000 and then buy a $125,000 home using $25,000 down.This will give you $10,000 as reserves just incase something goes wrongBest of luck.

You will quickly see how you compare in all those categories.