@Will Grabert I can't  speak for all markets in Florida, but here in Destin/Ft Walton Beach, Airbnb was never the biggest player in vacation rentals.

Think how Blackberry used to dominate the phone market and seemed like a great bet and now are a thing of the past in the smart phone world. 

The last podcast with the baseball player earning $1200/mo reminds me of this wealth scenario.

Hopefully it gives some insight into how major players in the game invest in hot markets currently.

I would guess that in most matches I'm probably the 80th to 90th best player out of the 100 but I've managed to win 3 times despite that, lol. 

Like ordering a special Granite from Italy type thing.As mentioned above in the new construction bizz we are a small player the last 5 to 6 years at 20 to 35 homes a year.. that lands us though in the top 30 in Oregon.. the largest in our market DR HOrton builds 400 a year.. we are land squeezed big time in Oregon.. its not like other areas were land can be bought and large production building can occur a big subdivision is like our 90 unit one.. even though new construction builds well over 5k homes a year in the market its spread between a large amount of mom and pop 2 to 5 homes a years type of guys.. between Horton Lennar and 3 or 4 regionals they take up about 40% of the new build volume the rest is us little guys. we build all in for anywhere from 100 a foot to 130 a foot.. in Charleston where I am building in the historic district those 2 million dollar homes are 2500 sq ft.. lots are 500 to 600k  and it cost about 300 a foot to build to the BAR architectural standards. its can cost 75k just in architect fees to get plans approved.. whereas in Oregon I buy semi stock plans for under 2k a house.. but our building permits are 30 to 50k per house.. in Charleston building permits are 5k  so it kind of all averages out.. but so far so good.. and this does not include our fix and flip division and turnkey fundings between those two we do easy 100 to 150 a year of those in 11 markets.  

Speaking for all those "others", I think many of them posting that are expressing their "desire" to quit their job and go full time and most of us experienced players suggest the advice of "keep investing and building cash flow or income to replace your 9-5 JOB BEFORE you quit and go 100% full time.As for the $ issue, it takes money to invest but it does not have to be yours.

- Find out who the players are in that space and start networking and making friends with them.- Get face time (coffee, lunch, beer) with local brokers and property managers who work with multifamily owners.- Look at FB marketplace and Zillow for multifamily rental advertisements and message the people advertising them to see if they might entertain an offer.- Get a list of all the multifamily properties in your target area and start marketing to them (direct mail, skip tracing, cold calling).- Regularly attend your local REI meetups and REIA.

I used to focus a lot on obstacles in my career path as a woman in a male dominated industry but realized this is a self-limiting mentality.

I'm still trying to get over my bias against it but come time to move i'm sure that'll be the dominant option, assuming there's any rental in town with a sub-year lease option (such as https://www.rentals.com/Maine/...).Thanks again for your reply - it was enlightening, rambled the exact right amount, and was a pleasure to read!