I was considering Houston and Vegas (unsure of which areas specifically-suggestions welcome!) 

There's also a huge casino being built and I'm networking with the construction company to house some of their workers once we have more units available.Over saturation could be an issue but I've been monitoring the new supply in the market for the last 3 months and there hasn't been any new MTRs added.

Imagine the Las Vegas strip.

But they owned a trucking company serving the casinos.

My husband and I currently live in Las Vegas, but are interested in potentially buying rental property in either of these two cities.

The thing is, that home has been listed for rent for over three months at a little below the prevailing rate, so I was wondering what was wrong.I finally looked up Yelp reviews for the property manager and now I understand.https://www.yelp.com/biz/american-homes-4-rent-las-vegas

Know Vegas, Austin, Charleston and west coast prices MF are well over your allocation.

The greatest "outbound" migration is to Seattle, Las Vegas, and LA.

Final thought: The 50% more profit from STR vs Long term rentals seems pretty glamorous...it’s like gambling at a casino and hitting 7’s....and then the dealer changes (regulation/inventory)There are over 2M STR listings in the US alone.

Most of it though, was spent on STUPID stuff - several visits to casinos to "live large", eating out almost every lunch & dinner, several beauty treatments, buying a bunch of online movies, etc.