STRs generally earn a higher return than LTRs, if done properly, so you're on the right track.First of all, hopefully your properties are in a high-demand year-round tourism spot (preferably in the southern half of the US which is where STR works best) & hopefully it's legal there too - check the regs.Also, STRs require a LOT more effort on the management front than LTRs.

If people want to live in big states with flat lands and no tourism, limited career options and extreme weather, more power to them.

I want to be able to travel, inbed myself in some foreign cultures... a deeper look than tourism. 

If I remember right their employment base in Texas is a little higher now than in New York.I do have hopes that tourism will come back. 

 hi, I always use the Uhaul inbound vs outbound truck rate differential to see where people are headed in general as far as relocation goes. 

@Hailey Sexton It isn't hard to find rental properties in most major cities although choices can be slim November-April when tourism is high.

To the first point, areas such as downtown Denver, Houston, have lots of tourism demand, but an area like Dayton Ohio is better served by value add rehab. 

Hi @JP K.Scottsdale is great area for short term rentals due to the strong tourism of the area.

Coronavirus isn’t hitting every geography the same:https://apple.news/AxoJ28rO8R_m8Hh-F34P-AQI’m located in Alabama which has a diversified work force, is not significantly exposed to the tourism industry and has a lower population density which means less sickness and thus business closures and diminished economic impact.

A number of my rentals are in the Charleston, SC area--home of Boeing, a huge USAF base, and, until recently, one of the country's most bustling tourism mkts.