Diverse industries, academia, healthcare.. auto production and housing got hit hard in 2007 leading to phenom deals for investors with enough cash to complete rehabs and hold long term.

Our inventory is primarily geared to off-campus housing for students (secured by parents) sprinkled with VA  and Traveling Health Care Housing.

They then have health care, food, clothing, place to live, possible significant other, car, family, and on and on.

I work in healthcare (software) so I hope to be able to work remote for majority of the week in the future.Renton and Tacoma would've been a really great fit for us if we could make the commute work.

I would say that if you wanted to be truly passive, you could consider being a lender (which is what's allowed me to quit my job in Healthcare), syndications (to diversify) and possibly even buy a cashflowing asset alongside it all(midwest).

I don't personally have any experience with mid-term rentals, but with healthcare being such a large industry here, I imagine you would have success with travel nurses. 

There are always plenty of people looking for one year leases and also you can market to some of the health care professionals supplying the large network of hospitals in Baltimore. 

We just launched a portfolio loan for medical and healthcare professionals.

Renting a 3 bedroom upper unit to students or healthcare workers might work well.I'm an investment focused realtor in the mid Vancouver Island area.

Also we must add to that the baby boomer generation is getting older and most of them don’t have any savings but yet they left behind generation X, which is not enough of them to service the needs to take care of them as for example in healthcare.