Use tools like AirDNA or Mashvisor to provide market data on projected rental income and occupancy rates, and make sure your lender works with appraisers familiar with short-term rentals.

I stumbled upon Deal Machine as a tool to aid in the process.

I believe Pricelabs is offering a pricing strategy and market analysis info more in line with hotels, and that might be a good tool for you to look at.

But, they are very popular gurus and are making a lot of money teaching their "classes" and groups.

Vegas is pretty popular to retire in lol.

@Sebastian Nadal for background checks, I use stessa/rent prep that’s available to us through biggerpockets tools.

What tools or strategies are you using to stay ahead of the game?

It has been bad for the general US populace and good for a select elite group of US and international business interests who now seek to manipulate the masses to believe ending it will be bad for them, the people.Balance is what needs to be restored and the tool as old as the nation to do such is tariffs.  

I used free tools like Zillow and Redfin to come up with a home value, asked him some questions about the condition of the home, made him an offer, and he accepted it.

Tools that I see to analyze deals: Zillow, rent websites, craigslist what other tools do you recommend?