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.  

@Kevin Siedlecki I haven’t worked with Norada directly, so I can’t speak to them, but I’ve had experience with other turnkey providers here in Birmingham, where my brokerage operates.

And also, what about buying in an area that allows for non-owner occupied STRs, so you can Airbnb or short-term rent the place when you move out?

If I could collect the amount t of money people on BP spend for belts and suspenders for so called corporate protection and confidentiality I would be a billionaire

Because even if it's a more expensive market, you're house hacking, so you're going to be subsidizing your living expenses anyway.

As our beautiful city continues to grow, so does the demand for housing, jobs and investment opportunities. https://tinyurl.com/256w4aau#PanamaCityBeach #RealEstate #InvestmentOpportunities #Growth #HousingMarket #PCB

So your gain would be 600k - 500k. 

I work at a medium-sized wholesaling company and comp off-market deals 24/7, so I can speak for Propstream as a non MLS User with 3 years of experience on the platform. 

Hey @Devin Bost, so if I need to ship something direct, I just ship it to my lake house and my neighbor will go and put it in the garage for me.I then let my cleaner know about whatever it is, usually toiletries and the like, so she can put them away.I am about 7 hours away from our rental so I do drive over 2-3 times a year to take a look, make small repairs and stock up stuff.

This is the primary reason why Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae "agency" multifamily loans have so many additional rules compared to bank and credit union loans.