This is how many resort towns are, thankfully our summer tourism is ramping up and that means more renters!

@Jd Martin  I think people that get into land lording don't realize they don't like it until they try it.. some embrace it and run with it for long term others .. its like holy moly why did I do this.I know in our note side of our business 95% of my note investors ( and I have 900 performing active notes out there) come from the rental side and .. its all the same conversation.I had rentals I did not know about notes and I am selling my rentals and moving to notes. they love cash flow that notes create .. but just don't want to deal with PM's or tenants  LOL... so more than one way to get cash flow.now granted rentals allow much more leverage than notes and my note buyers are quite a bit more cashed up than most starting in the land lord business.. 

But I’ve never felt a need to try and counter/respond to a random friend that doesn’t embrace out-of-state investing like I do.

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.

I have to come to embrace my new moniker ( slumlord).

If I don't want a job and am truly a passive investor, I will embrace the charge!

.-  In addition, the travel and tourism industry in the US accounts for about $1.5T in GDP and nearly 8M jobs. 

You can prepare for years, and you will still make mistakes, so just get over that and embrace it.Listen to the Wholesaling Inc podcasts. 

I listened to the podcast a bunch of great points were made.Grant seems to have a message and way of living life that he wants others to embrace and follow.

I was reluctant at first.... but as I have come to embrace this site..when I first popped on there was this poster named Joe Gore and he really gave me a hard time  LOL  Frankly you get what you put in and the people you meet are pretty interesting to Very interesting.. although as with all internet dating..