My wife's family is planning a vacation for next summer so I built a spreadsheet on smartsheet.com that lists all of the potential properties for rent and made check boxes for special features we a re looking for, such as waterfront, pool, hot tub, etc. 

Not as hot as the front range.

Obviously our local market is extremely hot and it has been hard to come by a deal that I have felt ready to pull the trigger on.Therefore, the number of units and price point obviously fluctuates.  

Right now in Redding and much of Oregon the real estate market is hot, and there are more buyers than properties.

You can warn then they dont meet the requirements and they can choose not to apply, but you could land in hot water for outright not accepting an apllication

I think if you're unsure about what you're doing for RE investing, having open and frank conversations with people about wholesaleing or flipping would give you insight for your next move and make you well educated in markets that are 'hot'.Good luck and hope this helps! 

When eggs were $6.50 a dozen last year in CA they were selling like hot cakes.....

Small fun fact about us...we love to bring smiles to others...we have a singing telegram business and dress up like hot pink gorillas, hippos wearing tutus or big yellow chickens and run around Oklahoma singing to people for special occasions bringing laughter everywhere we go!!

@Katy Jansen that area is not on my radar, but never say never, However I think if I did some research AIRBB would be a good idea as it is a super hot in the summer for bachelor/   bachelorette parties. 

@Cosette Trantow Assuming that AZ MLS is roughly the same as MA/ME MLS, I can tell you that an actual MLS feed is not only more accurate than using data-scrapers like Zillow and Trulia, but you'll get listings about a day faster.In a very hot market like we have here in eastern MA, that 1 day jump might make the difference between getting an offer in ahead of the crowd and competing with the crowd.Our system will email our clients within 15 minutes of a new listing hitting the market.