The right Short Term Rental (STR) will always outperform a normal rental.

So, even though the cash flow appeared more solid on Day 1, it took little to no time for my Bay Area property to catch up and outperform.

This isn't the "cheapest" in terms of purchase price, but it has far outperformed my other rental in this particular area. 

With the dynamics of our market being the way they are, the medium to long-term strategies will tend to outperform those with very quick exits.I definitely hear you in regard to  STRs getting harder and harder to come by, but I am sure that you're as aware as anyone that it is well worth the work required. 

As for applying my market data to the nation, my market is still out performing a majority of markets YOY according to Core Logic data so not sure what you are trying to implying.  

If you have to hire a property manager for these tasks, expect your income to drop significantly.I think they are a great opportunity but they will not out-perform a long-term rental in many cases and they require a lot more work.

It's going to take you far longer to re save that money then it is to pay it off monthly, it's likely you could easily outperform the 6.5% interest.... and for sure the 1.5/0%.

Andrew Schafer I am also not from the area, but the returns in Midland are outperforming my properties in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

But, because its received tax-free, the after tax benefit is 2-3X.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/7595/53705-this-is-way-too-good-to-be-trueYour "difference" is not going to outperform an IUL linked to the same index by 2-3 times.Dave Ramsey is not a financial guru.

As HML goes we are a small shop that carved a niche in a very particular sector of the market that I identified as under served so we stepped right in.for many investors though a nice 9% note for say 5 years that has 60 on time payments .. those will out perform the 12% short term because of the lack of drag.. we do a million a month of that paper.