It seems money can travel much further outside of our area.3.)

This seems like a marketing ploy that might appeal to a small group of travelers. 

As far as I can tell, travel nurses are in high demand in that area and I was thinking of trying renting to them first.

We're also going to start MTR on our new property for travel nurses, how would I go about doing a notary signing then?

Hobbies include travel, camping, and disc golf! 

These transactions don't included additional expenses the business incurs like meals, travel, dues, subscriptions, marketing, accounting, licenses, phone, internet, etc.

I am planning to travel to Columbus and drive around but I can't possibly get to know an entire area in even a few short visits. 

We were not there often due to travel and had no pets, apartment was returned in the same condition that we received itI am wondering if a normal wear and tear allowance calculation is something that actually exists and by law they need to provide the hourly rate breakdown and what was cleaned correct?

I have no experience in owning mountain homes, but I do use them as a traveler nearly annually.I second @John Underwood with having a hot tub for sure

I've putting my money into public markets and HYSA but once rates drop I need to re-think the HYSA.Other investors I know are doing STRs in California and OOS, partially because of the IRS loophole with STRs and being about to offset active income, some MTRs (renting out to people displaced for insurance reasons such as a fire, other reasons, not so much travel nurses like during COVID), buying an apartment complex together with 3 to 4 people, working in the real estate industry (acquisition, property management, lending, becoming an agent, etc).