All of these and just overall growth in Florida with people working from home etc has made Orlando a great destination for higher end jobs. 

Not every house will work for a STR, you need a year-round tourist destination, and a GREAT location.Adding sweat equity is a big plus, of course, as much as you can handle or stomach......Just keep looking, or change your areas of interest....

Restrictions are minimal from Pcb - Destin, and I'd like to think they stay that way due to our market being dependent on tourists.

With recreational destinations, it helps to have an infrastructure that can serve tourists.

That will go down during the winter months.Why he's succeedingThe biggest reason is simple: He owns an Airbnb in a STR-friendly city in the one of the hottest destinations in the country (Denver).

Looking at a property in a tourist/STR destination.

I have spoken to hard money lenders, but they don't really seem to fund projects destined to be short term rentals.

But Michael is definitely correct in a sense that CT is certainly not a vacation destination in nearly any way besides the Casinos. 

You need to entice people to leave their homes and travel to your rental, and a non-vacation area won't do that as far as I can see.......People in vacation destinations call them “vacation rentals.”

I know the Destin/PCB coastline is a hot market but I feel it might be cooler weather-wise over Christmas?