@Derek Fike Hampton Roads in Virginia includes 7 cities with tourist and government opportunities.Whether you're looking for short term, midterm, vacation rentals, tenants who could rent for multiple years or even decades.

I am currently eyeing Austin TX as a location to acquire a STR rental property. with the city growing and intercontinental tourists visiting year round I think STR is the only way to break into this hot and high priced market.

Because most of the issues happen outside of the tourist areas and foreign tourists, retirees and investors are generally never the target, unless they get involved with drugs.

It's such a unique a city and we love the breweries, hiking, and the views (like every tourist). 

I don't know if there are any HOA fees involved but I think that If I choose to rent it out daily at a rate of at least $100 per night to tourists visiting Disney World, that would bring in a yearly gross income of $36,000 per year which would bring in a NOI of $18,000(50% Rule).

They said everything is super cheap there and that's why most of the tourists there are people who don't have too much money ton spend on a holiday.

@Liz Boer If you're going to be living in LA during the week and going home on Fridays, AirBNB your LA property if it's close to any of the tourist destinations, depending on the property you can do Friday, Saturday, and Sundays at $200 per day and get you to over $31K to chip into that $50k target.

@Mardochee PierreTorrance is a nice suburban town in Southern Los Angeles County with a small beach at the southwest corner which is close to Redondo Beach’s Riviera Village which has great shopping and restaurants for tourists.

Louis isn't exactly a mecca for tourists.

On top of that, there's been a buying frenzy for vacation rentals the past two years.It wouldn't surprise me to see the vacation rental market cool off as tourists start to fly and move back into hotels/motels.