That's only Cancun (Mexico is a big country and has many other popular destinations).

Popular east coast destinations- New York, DC, etc- are 5-6 hours away by car and the city is great mix of neighborhoods with solid universities and REI opportunity everywhere!

Students, young professionals, and young families who still want to be close to city living but want the better schools or the nicer address would be happy to rent in Webster whereas Kirkwood seems like more of a destination location to put down roots.

My overall profits are not what key vacation destinations may be, but each year is better, I have some else paying my mortgage(with pretty good interest rates) and all of the homes have appreciated.

Obviously if you are considering str you will want to look into more destination areas, foothills and/or coastal or even areas near stadiums and/or lakes (which we have tons to choose from). 

You could start off with just 1 or 2 units as vacation rentals and ramp up if it went well or go back to leases if it wasn't.I usually think of ABNB vacation rentals as something for major tourist destinations like Las Vegas, ski resorts, beach towns etc, but that doesn't mean it wont work elsewhere.

Demand can be found out by:  asking realtor, rental company manager, craigslist ad, telephone book, signs, taechical and vocational schools, industry, destination location, and on... 

Sadly though, they were probably mostly Liberals, ultimately destined to ruin the country, from what I hear now :lol:

My father owned tourism based businesses, and liquidated a few years ago, his contacts got him onto a group who buy property management rights, they offered him a buy in to the next property, a resort on the Gold Coast (one of the most popular tourist destinations in Australia), this investment (which was thoroughly looked over by his accountant and lawyer) over the past 3 years has been netting him on average 18% per year, passively.

Fear of a regulatory agency probably kills more deals and business relationships than lawyers and RE agents do.David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.