No longer do you have to live by a beach or other tourist attraction to capitalize on STR.And lastly, this one is a huge stretch as its not really real estate but we rented out a Motorhome for several years to offset our cost of ownership. 

My town is full of bank foreclosures, meth heads, unemployed people, no tourist attractions, hookers, crime, and general misery. 

I have been to the Cayman Islands plenty of times, and love it, but I want to find somewhere else - a hidden gem maybe... that has yet to explode as a tourist destination, but close enough to a major town that airlines can fly into as I need to make it somewhat affordable and accessible to people who would like to rent it out.

While Venice has an extremely robust tourist market, related taxes are quite high (and so are property values).

The city of Breckenridge has decided they are going to do something to bring in summer tourists, and plan lots of festivals and weekend celebrations during the off-peak months of summer.

I know a guy who flies tourist helicopters in Hawaii and rides a motorcycle to work.

IMHO it's a very nice small tourist town.

Looks like it is trying to develop and/or has a tourist base...

Now, it's all grown up with fancy restaurants and trendy music festivals and pricey tourist traps.  

We talked about it as a b and b but there isn't a big tourist presence there.