Tourist are always visiting Dubai and need a nice place to stay.

@Michael JohnI am curious if your “flee” theories would also apply to cities like Las Vegas, Houston, Minneapolis, the hundreds of college towns, tourist towns in America.

You need a GREAT cleaning service that can be your eyes and ears and restock items for you.Put all this in a spreadsheet and run the numbers based on what you think you can gets in rents based on comparable s as described about.You may find you are barely breaking even or worse for a lot more work.If you are in a highly desirable tourist area then you may be be able to make money.It is a labor of love and we get to use our place some so that helped in our decision.You can use your spreadsheet to run different scenarios to help you evaluate potential properties to see if you can find a place where the numbers work for you.

Hi Jonathan, I have been to Batumi in 2008 and remember it as a developing city with high touristic potential. 

I’m a bit concerned about the saturation of the market as far as tourist rentals go as I’ve read that many Turkish and Russian investors have been buying already.

Hi GuysA friend did not have any income for the last 2 years to family circumstances,He was able to get a loan prior to that quite easy, he also has a decent amount of cash in the bank-Given he will need a guarantor to sign his loan should the bank refuse-Will I , as a non US resisent Yet I have tourist visa and a US bank account be able to sign as his guarantor?

I understand that I could use AirBnb, but it's in a big tourist town...

Not living in the US, I have the perspective of an overseas tourist so my apologies if this is a stupid question (I'm pretty sure I heard @Brandon Turner say that there's no such thing as a stupid question on the BP forums but I do sometimes wonder if I'm putting this words to the test ;) ).So, what I'm seeing is some places get overcrowded with tourists in season and there's simply not enough room for everyone to stay at reasonable prices.

In the beautiful tourist haven of Monterey, STRs are illegal if they're less than 30 days.

Personally, I prefer areas that aren't as reliant on businesses and tourists for the economy.