Those numbers are pretty speculative but you can get there with the right management, location, and optimization on your listing.

Additionally, guest satisfaction and positive reviews are key, so ensure that your pricing aligns with the quality and amenities you provide.Lastly, consider seeking advice from experienced short-term rental hosts or utilizing pricing optimization tools to help you make informed decisions.I hope this helps you in your short-term rental venture!

I feel like MTR is a specific situation that not all STR PMs would be able to optimize.

Hard to provide an opinion without all the data, but if you can get $3,000 and break even that seems like the optimal option.

Then look at the costs needed to optimize rent and minimize vacancy.  

Why would somebody want to buy a property that has already been optimized to run at peak efficiency?

Then goes on to discuss the specific cities, starting with Aurora, CO "Another sign for optimism in the Aurora real estate market is the rising home values.

It's a good idea to search for an optimal market in which to invest, one with cashflow favorable economics (population growth, wage growth, employment growth etc) and a balance between supply and demand.

Whether that is ‘optimal’ idk.If you lower your cost of living enough it’s definitely possible to retire early on indexes via the ‘safe withdrawal rate’.

Of course I'm busier day to day when I'm actively buying and then renovating, but once the property is stablished (optimized for highest and best use with tenants in place), then I'm back to the slower zone and that is when I travel.