FWIW, where you are buying is NOT a place that tourists come to visit.  

Below each snapshot of the sub-market reports I wrote, you will find all sources cited below each sub-market report.Here is an overview of Alexandria Virginia:- Old Town Alexandria is a major tourist attraction, with constant demand from businesses especially given its easy access to D.C. via the G.W.

It scares me thinking about trying the Airbnb route but this area has two distinct tourist seasons in the summer and winter so it might be worth it for at least some of the units.

Short-term rentals like Airbnb can perform well in tourist-heavy areas like Vegas, but be sure to check local regulations.

When it happens to tourists in Mexico, the press is having a field that with it.

I would pick a major tourist destination where it wasn't saturated with STR's already.That would take some research but you could google top vacation destinations and find a place you would go on vacation.

@Yezenia HernandezI started with pre-construction short-term rentals in the Riviera Maya, since it's Mexico's and one of the world's main tourist destinations and so the profitability has been very high there.

DT Long Beach: beachy urban setting with smaller units 1bdr; close to tourist attractions, and thinking I can STR one unit; BUT high crime rate (90 percentile); properties are older but more attractiveIs it better to go into a slightly better neighborhood in boring Riverside or a more crime ridden area of cool kid Long Beach?

I live in a VERY high demand tourist area with lots of rental properties and I have been working in property management for 5 years. 2 years ago, I ventured out onto my own because I was pregnant and wanted to work from home and stay with my baby.

White sands, blue-green water, loads of tourists.