This helps you identify which factors drive the best returns and make confident, informed decisions.It’s also important to test your numbers with scenarios like higher vacancies, unexpected expenses, interest rate changes, or rent adjustments over the years.

@Matthew Hell Thanks for the post, I cannot believe I didn't see all the posts from previous threads exposing his scam! 

That will play a factor for qualifying.

Once again, the loss of the compounding factor by concentrating on my personal home rather than an investment was significant. 

And in REI, correction happens when inventory increases among other factors.

@Ben Cochran I hope you have factored STR tax savings into your cashflow and ROI as it can be significant.Leveraging equity to purchase a short-term rental (STR) in Tampa Bay can diversify your portfolio and potentially generate strong cash flow, but it also increases your financial risk.While your properties hold significant equity, adding debt from HELOCs or a DSCR loan could strain your finances if STR performance fluctuates or costs rise.

The best market for YOU, is the market that fit's YOU; you're situation, your preferences, you're resources, your knowledge level, you're risk aversion and about 40 other personalized factors to you. 

For a 2 bedroom my projected ongoing is around 13-15k (not counting the rent) at the end of the year because this is my first Airbnb Arbitrage I have and will make mistakes expense wise, the start up costs also is not factored because furnishing and starting everything from scratch obviously will skew the ongoing expenses which would add another 5-8k but I played it smart and have most of the funding charged to buisness credit cards with 0% APR for 12-18 months such that I save money and can take the year in paying back also with sign on bonuses which will save me up to 1.2k or more.If and when I hit my conservative projections my profit should be around 16,300-22000 by the end of the year this is after rent, expenses, cleaning fees and so on. 

So let’s examine the key factors that can help investors sort through these remaining subset1.

If you're happy with getting a note on ANY house in FL you might have more luck, but then you don't have as much control over the condition of the property or its location if those are important factors to you.