The tenants have paid and if someone is thinking about moving out then an extra surcharge that hits if they aren't out in time for us to turn the place for a lucrative AirBNB short term rental can help massage the move out timing.That said with MTR we do not have the cleaning costs that eat up a lot of STR gross, and its lower hassle in some ways.  

I’m actually also an investor in long term property rentals in Ohio so I’ve seen success in short term and long term rentals.

Yes, it must be the rent prices, but also there seem to be a lot of 1 or 2 people travelers needing a small place for a short time.

I agree with @Jonathan Greene that the question is vague, so my advice will have to be as well.The short answer: MTRs are real estate, so just like all real estate, any place that can long-term-rent cash flow with increasing jobs/population can be a suitable site to purchase. 

If so, you can't really pivot to short-term rentals there and have to capitalize on the inn vibe and in-house services.My major question is why is the current owner, who bought it after it sat vacant for twenty years, looking to sell you the problem they can't fix?

Short 1.5 minute video walk through of all of the rooms, bathrooms, common areas, etc. 

I don't think you know enough to consider real estate in the short-term.

I indeed have learned a ton from them in a very short time. 

We did make a beeline back, cut out visit a day short, though there's very little we can do aside from talk to insurance and talk to the mitigation/restoration company as they work to stabilize the house. 

Be careful about feeding additional capital into syndicates with short-term loan maturities if the only plan is to negotiate lender maturity extensions for another year.