Jake, I'm trying it for the first time with traveling nurses and other professionals.

I want to feel confident about the comps I use. 

But I'm not that confident yet

I have received a lot of feedback from travel healthcare workers who say "It is terrifying to send a deposit (+1 month rent sometimes) to a stranger to hold space when it could be a scam".

Factor in mistakes, travel, taxes, regulations, bad people and any other variables out of your control that you will encounter in your journey.  

Hey there Birmingham Investors,I've recently relocated to BHM and I'm eager to delve into the world of investing in Short-Term Rental and Medium-Term Rental properties, specifically targeting traveling professionals.

Or at least give them the confidence to tell me "NO" instead of ghosting.

We will travel some months out of the year however, and in that case I probably would explore STR's.  

This is my first multi-unit purchase, with larger purchase number with high interest rate in the neighborhood i never had rental property, which all add together that gives me anxiety, even though i used to work in the area for 14 years....so i cant say i am not familiar with the neighborhood, just never owned any propertydefinitely never felt good at closing, and chest pain is real, i dont recall when was the last time i was happy at closing, it's always "why i did it again", then i remembered because i need to make more income.summer being great time to get new tenant, but also worst financial time for me with kid summer camp, summer vacation travel...etc 

How confident are you that you could get deals to put your money into?