It's labor intensive, and if you're out of state, it's even more time-consuming just to vet the agents, property managers, look over all the properties, etc.

Amenity Champions Gate The Retreat (Champions Gate) Oasis (Champions Gate) Reunion (Champions Gate) Windsor Hills Windsor island Windsor Cay Windsor West Side Pulte Solara Stoery Lake Lazy River Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Pool & Jacuzzi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Childrens Slash Zone Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Fitness Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Studio Gym Yes Yes Yes NA NA NA NA NA NA Movie Theater Yes Yes Yes Yes NA NA NA NA Yes Sand Volleyball Courts Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Yes NA Yes Tiki Bar Yes Yes Yes NA NA Yes Yes NA Yes Game Room Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA NA Yes Yes Tennis Courts Yes Yes Yes Yes NA NA Yes Yes NA Basket Ball Court No No No Yes Yes NA NA Yes NA PlayGround Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Yes NA NA Golf Course - 18 Hole Yes Yes Yes NA NA NA NA NA NA Golf clubhouse and pro shop Yes Yes Yes NA NA NA NA NA NA Golf Cart Rental Yes Yes Yes NA NA NA NA NA NA Mini Golf NA NA Yes Yes Yes Yes NA NA Yes Bocee Ball NA NA Yes NA NA NA NA NA NA Bike Rentals NA NA Yes NA NA NA NA NA NA Wave Rider NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Yes No Spa NA NA NA NA Yes NA Yes NA Yes On-Resort Shuttle Service NA NA Yes NA TBD NA TBD TBD TBD Max Lease - 30 Days TBD TBD TBD TBD Yes No Yes No No Max Lease - 90 Days TBD TBD TBD No No Yes No No No Primary Residence TBD TBD TBD TBD No No No Yes Yes Pets No Yes Canoe & Kayak Rentals No No No No No No No No No Yes

You could consider yourself lucky that this is your only time-intensive tenant.

When you plan to operate remote, choosing a management intense scenario amplifies your biggest weakness - not beeing local.

., inspector) are a joke, the roads are laughably bad, garbage collection misses the house every once in a while, your go-to contractors say "Sorry man, we don't deal in that area", the city tax rate is disproportionately high w/no credit, the adjacent home have pit bulls and the kids fling the fecal on the front porch for fun, basketball (a.k.a "yell ball") is played in the street until 3:00 am everyday so the tenant complains with a sleep deprived quivering voice and leaves, and the property value is "eh".I know you're thinking "sheesh dude, speaking from experience?"

Some real estate niches are very marketing intensive and require you to be a real "people person".

The nice thing is that even if the STR market proves to be too labor intensive for my wife and I it isn't hard to find a property that cash flows at market rents and that will be a key factor as we move forward in narrowing down the properties.What has been your biggest challenge in the STR market so far? 

I am looking for easier/less time intensive suggestions and and networking opportunities.

I've been operating my business from Europe for a few years because my son has been getting intensive therapy here for some injuries he sustained at birth.  

I am from Denver and I Invest in Denver, but I am currently in Volgograd, Russia, where I play Basketball professionally for the next few months.