Are the Judges leaning more towards the tenant than to land-lords? 

My biggest concern about landlording is finding tenants and keeping it rented.

I'm very new to land-lording and there was never any kind of a lease with her previous landlord.

Another key factor with Plymouth is that they've added to on-campus housing and have plans for more I believe, so potentially a tougher market for student landlords. * Make sure anything you buy in Plymouth is allowed to have student housing in it, the town has been cracking down on this and many of the downtown neighborhoods have had enough of the partying of students in residential areas etc.

What do other landlords in the area try to achieve per door?

Last year my brother and I fulfilled a lifelong goal of going into business together as Landlords.

Based on tor REA experience do SFH's with a pool provide a decent return in the Airbnb market?   

Cons:Have to live next to a tenantWill be hard to separate yourself as the landlord (only matters if you want to be seen as the "manager)I'm sure others will have things to add too.

My parents both were entrepreneurs and also were both tenants and landlords in life, but I wouldn't call them real estate investors.

If I lived in an area hostile to landlords or a place with a voracious appetite for tax dollars I'd certainly consider investing outside my home area (actually I'd probably consider moving), but I think it would be hard owning property that I can't work on, see, or visually inspect easily.