Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

I was comparing large cities to other large cities.  

Well you'd actually be netting more in the long run by doing so compared to putting it towards the home. 

Of course the high crime statistics cannot be ignored in these cites, however I'm planning to buy only in the nicer/low crime neighborhoods which hopefully eliminates most of the crime risk.I was wondering if any of you could provide feedback on comparing these 3 cities.

I am at 1757% less this year in stocks as compared and I thought that was great.

I also included an additional $7,500 starting balance at Year 1, since we would have money leftover from our first property, compared to the original investment of the previous strategies.

Use AirDNA to get a better feel for what may be projected and then dive into Airbnb and compare to your competitors. 

Not the greatest occupancy rate, especially when compared with somewhere like the Smokies.

Things like your ADR, photo quality, current ratings, the number of reviews compared to your rating, and, of course, listing optimization (SEO).

My cost wont necessarily be the same or comparable as I GC my own projects and have trade skills.