, demand came from travelers, students, and nurses.

Unsurprisingly, nobody is following these travel advisories.

Out of state investing gives you all of the headaches of local investing plus the costs of plane tickets and travel time.Also, never trust people, especially as a rookie.

We see many travel or remote workers looking for flexibility with their stays, such as healthcare workers. 

I am just going chime in here since most of the things are said by other BP members.Telling you not to fly/travel there so you can use the money for a downpayment.

After some travel over the past few years, I find myself back in Boston with a job that could shape up to be pretty okay in the long run. 

Both could be vacationers or business travelers or anything else.No matter what you quantify your STR is, you need to fully furnish it well, have plenty of amenities etc etc.

I do occasionally post about it on some of the social media sites for travel nurses, such as Travel Nurse Gypsy Housing for example. 

It sure about VRBO as I haven’t travelled using them. 

Value adds that could bring up cashflow/value:- renovating units to bring rent up to 6-7k/month - ability to rent out parking space on the property as lot is large - trailers, parking, RVs etc - about 1-2k/month cashflow. - property had TDR trasnferable development rights and can be built 5 stories on it.