MTR does include traveling nurses but also insurance (waiting for home repair/rebuild), people waiting on their new homes to be built, other professions in town on a work assignment (Duke Energy, Bayer, have been a couple) and the STR's attract everything from weddings, funerals, graduations, fishing tournaments at Jordan Lake, local classes....in short, we do not have much lifestyle appeal but I still stay booked.

Even after 8 years in the military 6 years over seas in a combat zone, being trained in hand to hand combative, and even placing in the top 5 in one the army's largest combative tournament i still carry my gun with me!

Also, work seasonally at Best Buy or the Apple store.I loved games and video games: chess, Quake, Unreal Tournament, StarCraft, Diablo, Civilization, etc.   

Although after being upset by Oral Roberts in the NCAA tournament today I would imagine it's not "coffee" in that coffee cup right now, but something with a little more "sizzle" to it.

@Dev Paul Yes, each city in the Coachella Valley has a different vacation rental ordinance, rules, regulations and sometimes even business models when leveraging large events such as the tennis tournament and Coachallea/Stagecoach etc.

Last week was a week long guest that was a group in town for a bowling tournament.

@John Smeltzer Lake Hartwell has a lot of fishing tournaments.

Many are here for youth sports tournaments, tour groups, conventions and want to be in a community that offers more.

They also got decent income from the Polo season and tennis tournament.

Our peak months are typically the first quarter of the year with the tennis tournament and Coachella music festivals being lucrative events for us.