Ultimately, it makes us successful in our plans to maximize their value to our investors.

I'm not sure why Airbnb would want to turn away potential guests, but I also have trouble believing they could be so successful when similar units are basically empty.Finally, I don't live next to o'hare, and I would prefer to host my STR III my neighborhood.

We pay you these successful leads in Virginia.

well turnkey can be successful if you find a good provider.  

I'm just one data point, but I assume your success will be more dependent on picking the right PM for your needs, rather than picking the "best" of those markets.If I were you, I'd use BP to get a short list of PMs in those markets and schedule some intro calls. 

A lot of REI are fairly high income successful salespersons, lawyers, doctors, etc, or are just very frugal relative to their income level.

You can dramatically improve your chances by latching on to a successful agent willing to mentor you.

Here is my specific situation:  I have about 20 years of successful investing experience in both flips and buy and hold.

I'm 47 and only recently started investing in real estate after a successful career as an Engineer (still my day job!). 

While there are so many successes stories and get rich quick flipping seminars my wife and I just want to share our stories and hope to be an inspiration to other flippers and real estate investors.