My neighbor has listed his but also has had occupancy issues as an STR and said that most people looking for either rooms or cheap stays but I can't comment on that as I have no experience listing as an MTR.

(The same reason many people (maybe mostly men?)

You should find a lot of resources on BP but I think the most useful people to talk to would be MF builders and local officials in your target areas.

People are not choosing the cheapest housing available.

Typically these people are really forthcoming with info and can tell you.

But when people are out of town / out of state the title company can hire a mobile notary near you and they will fedex the documents to your local area to sign.  

I shows my what dates people are searching for this year and last year.

The issue is that you cant cold call people in New York 

I am looking for advice from people who have done this in the past.

I like his points about building a “team” and not actually asking people to be “on my team”.