And I am not even a germophobe, when you travel in third-world countries you can't be, but I would not get into anyone's bath water if I don't have to, STR, hotel or gym.

. - Only 4 houses down from my current home in metro Detroit, MI.We toured the property and it was a hot mess, easily a complete remodel because of cigarette smoke damage that seems to have reached every corner, but the prospect of redoing it really excites us.

In my small city (70,000 or so) we have a university with about 20,000 students with a nursing school, hospital, and obviously several mid size employers that I’m sure have people travel into this area for business purposes.  

MTR for traveling nurses or Nurse Practitioners do very well when it comes to Townhomes.

It was denied due to there not being proper working smoke detectors in the property. 

If you do decent research or have traveled to the area the story tells itself.

There's a website called Furnished Finder that traveling nurses use a lot, it is also for anyone looking to relocate or who needs an interim solution.

In my free time, I'm a wine/food guy who loves to travel. 

Logistically if the place where you invest most and the place where you live are easy to travel from and to, it is vey convenient

., travel nurses) especially in the Bay Area, who could give me some advice?