Boone is a great little town too, app state close by and a lot of summer tourism. 

if so I have seen a steady decrease in tourism to those area over the past 20 years that I have been going there. but we may be on the verge of a revitalization of semi close vacationing due to COVID 

You have local governments that have their budgets tied to the tourism industry and so are friendly to Short term rentals.

Embrace other no- or low-money down strategies and make your $25k go as far as possible.If one of these options stands out to you, I would talk to a lender as a next step. 

Bend would be much more reliant on tourism and so it’s more risky, especially in this time of covid.

Some examples of this include being able to embrace the "AirBnBRRRR" strategy (i.e., not requiring a long-term lease for the "rent" portion of BRRRR before approving the refinance) or allowing investors to borrow in an LLC or other creative structures.Hopefully, this article helps BRRRR investors navigate the market in 2023, knowing all the financing options available for success.

Charlottesville has been seeing growth in tech, research, retiree, tourism and urban flight demographics.

Unfortunately you're a little late to get in on it, but Duluth did break ground on a tiny house development project in the summer of 2021 that awarded free lots to contractors to build the structures on and they might do it again in the future, so might be something to watch out for.If you're looking outside of the city and up the shore where most of the tourism occurs, you might be able to find something more "affordable".

I like that you’re embracing the surrounding markets outside the major metropolitan areas, and looking in Ponca City and Lawton.

I was absolutely one of the people that got STR licenses for my properties just in case I choose to go back to them in the future.Both the ski area and town are projecting a huge winter of tourism.