The reason i have not purchased lately is I do not want to be that patient to wait for a good return, even though I am confident it will be a good return 10 years after purchase.  

Also, you could explore MTRs as there are a lot of traveling professionals in the area.

I'm sure there are many more experiences where the contractor hasn't fulfilled their scope of work and gotten away with rushing the project to meet the deadline, And, I don't want to be as naive to say that I'm that 1% who can have complete quality/operational control, but I'm confident I can establish a system and hire independent inspectors to review the contractor's work. 

My recommendation would be to look into hospitals nearby and try to market to them to be an option for traveling nurses also. 

We love traveling (next up: Trump's inauguration in January).- Our first investment: A house in Detroit via InvesteerAmerika (handling resales, property management connections, and setup).

@John Brown how confident are you in your ability to run a STVR?

Yes, it must be the rent prices, but also there seem to be a lot of 1 or 2 people travelers needing a small place for a short time.

I recently put my STR up as a MTR and found that the best way to price it out was to put on my "traveler hat" and see what was available in the area.

We have about 22 full-time W2 employees in the office, approximately 40 traveling construction folks -- and managers and maintenance W2 employees at each community we own and operate.

I also know a few property managers I can recommend who are responsive and experienced with investors.Let me know when you finalize your travel dates—I’d love to meet up while you’re in town and show you a few options!