@Patrick PhilipThere are so many variables here, everyone is providing great answers but we're missing the nuts and bolts of the equation here.What's the market?

We have big city social activities as well as great camping, fishing, 4x4 areas, etc.  

I know it's sounds dumb that I care but it's driving me nuts.

the fishing is definitely better on the other side of the lake.  

While good deals can be found in all markets, I would rather fish a pond that has 100 nice fish vs. the pond that has 2 or 3 nice fish.One last bit of advice if you are still unsure of investing out of area.

I'm going to keep this more general and as much business focused as focused on the 'nuts and bolts'.I'm one of these engineers that has gotten my structural experience through doing various residential projects. 

She is a nut case. 

He’s been a problem from day one getting the rent in on time and it’s driving me nuts.

He has scaled cleverly, but he is not a fish. short term rental person who went slow and owns their properties, can fall back on long term rental and still pay their bills. clever Arbitrage master is now losing $500 to 2,000 per unit.

We do use a wooden wine box that we load up with some drinks, nuts, cookies, some biscuit mix with my wife's home made canned jam, chocolate covered espresso beans, etc.