@Christian PenaHouse hacking in New Jersey, near NYC, offers affordable alternatives and high demand for rentals.

Look for manufacturers that can customize designs to include commercial space.Pole barn homes: Popular in rural areas, these can be an affordable option for a combined home/business structure.Location considerations:Zoning: Look for areas zoned for mixed-use or that allow home-based businesses.

It has so much traffic and popularity just 2 hours of being placed on Zillow.

Need facts, not a general alternative.

New FSBO type companies will pop up offering a broker alternative to sellers4.

Popular vacation destinations, like Florida's Panhandle (Destin, Panama City Beach, etc.), are worth looking into because of the year-round demand for rentals.

It only stands to reason that more and more investors jumped into the STR pool in the most popular tourist destination in the world - vacation rentals near Disney and Universal theme parks. 

Alternately for the persistant ones I just keep the line open, meaning tie their people up by just putting the phone on the counter and let them talk.I am surprized they are not labeled as potential spam on your phone expecially with the sequential numbers. 

Born and raised Oklahoman here, and I have never understood why that little corner of the state turned into such a popular market!

That's what makes OH so popular especially when you are primarily looking for cash flow