It's a popular destination for young professionals and college students at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, making it an excellent location for investors.On the other hand, here are some neighborhoods you may want to avoid:East Lake: This neighborhood has struggled with high crime rates and poverty, making it difficult to find tenants or sell properties in this neighborhood.North Birmingham: Similar situation as East Lake, high crime rates, etc.Fairfield: While Fairfield has a mix of single-family homes and apartments, it has struggled with rising crime rates and a declining population in recent years.If you have any other questions about investing in Birmingham, I'd love to connect whenever's convenient.

What would you do as an early 20's something move to an affordable destination to invest or just invest in syndications to make passive income?

Myrtle Beach is definitely a vacation destination.

There's also a REIA called the Professional Investors Guild that meet in FWB/Destin and Pensacola monthly if you are in the area.My husband and I are investors in the panhandle and live in Fort Walton Beach.

.- Global Destination: Connecting Europe, Africa, and Asia, it's both a business and tourist hub, with more than 15M recorded tourists last year.- Golden Visa: Dubai offers 10 years residency visa for the investor and their family when they buy a property above 550K USD.- High Rental Yields: Rent in Dubai has seen a stable rise throughout the years, making it one of the best cities with rental yields that reach to 15% and more in some cases for short term rental, and average of 7% yearly rentals.- Exclusive Projects: Newest trend to have luxury and branded residences with a global collaboration between developers and famous brands,    like Bugatti, Armani, Nobu, Cavalli and many more.- Virgin land: Dubai has still many plots and land to build, with governmental vision to double the population by 2030, with major mega projects on the pipeline.These are some few points that highlights the Dubai market, there's much more to the topic and vast investment opportunities.

It will depend on your area, if you are in a tourist destination or not.

I only pay attention to the total when booking, and typically when I stay at an Airbnb it’s on vacation to a cool destination where the experience is so much better than a hotel (which also has a plethora of fees), and so $300/night to stay Oceanside is worth it.what I do know is that a lot of municipalities have increased their taxes on STRs as a part of their regulations.

Yea it's a rather popular destination.

It is more of a all year round tourists destination compared to PS or LA.

I am a real estate agent located in the City of Newburgh, which has grown over the past few years as a destination for many first-time investors like yourself.