A majority of the sentiment from the listening session on the 18th was in favor of STRs and there were a lot of people who shared personal stories of their rentals or their business which support their life, family, and future retirement of inheritance for their families. 

These companies, run by Kevin Bupp, Brian Spears, and Joanna Bupp, and how they buy up "mom & pop" mobile home parks, jack the rents up immediately to gain the most profit in the shortest amount of time with no care of the low income, fixed income, and elderly that were living in the mobile home parks comfortably.https://www.wivb.com/news/investigates/akron-mobile-home-residents-fight-back-against-out-of-town-owner/1779504663  That's how life works.

My residential is long term so I can't speak to MTR, but I can say it's the slowest market I've ever seen in my life right now.

I’m at the stage now where I’m shifting my focus to cost of living and overall quality of life in each area.

When it comes to a lifestyle property, it's another ball game and all the comments you wrote make total sense, especially for people who like similar things in life.

Here is a real life story of what recently happened in my portfolio.I received a 60 day notice that my apartment was going to be vacant starting December 1st.

As with most things in life, you get what you pay for. 

Where do you want to be in life in 3-5 years?

I wanted to create an STR experience and bring my bold ideas to life.

Life is not static but always changing.