I was totally going to say tiny home, but others beat me to it:) Putting a tiny home on there gets you nearly automatic revenue - the septic + well + pad would only take you a few weeks if you line up the players or find someone who is all in one.

I would narrow down what cities you are thinking about and then find a local player in that area.

And I may say I focus on the ski resorts, like Massanutten, wintergreen, hoping people will come in both summer and winter.

Under the radar doesn't mean bad necessarily so not throwing shade but that's a decent amount of time to be transacting business in the Cleveland market without some of the bigger players hearing about you.With any property you purchase the most important thing is the property, not the seller.

I have known people who have invested in areas where there were no comps - like desert resort areas - and getting financing and reselling were impossible. 

Major players in the country are getting behind it.

It’s the risk that the person running the syndication may (a) resort to fraudulent behavior, (b) not be competent to deal with the subject property, and or economic climate we encounter in the future (c) may become incapacitated and their replacement below par (d) have a “conflict of interest” between your best interest and their highest compensation.  

In commercial RE I found the best cash flows with low risk in RV Campground Resorts.

Looking to get into STR niche in the highly regulated oceanfront resort district of Virginia Beach.

Livermore is certainly not a resort town.