Finally know
exactly where
to invest.
The Top 75 US Cities for Short-Term Rental Investing — curated from real data, real deals, and a portfolio that cash-flows while you're at the hospital.
You know you should
be investing.
The research is stopping you.
You're working 60-hour weeks, charting until midnight, and managing a household. A deep-dive into city data isn't happening — and you know it.
So the months pass. The tax bills keep coming. And that first property stays on the list of things you'll get to "someday."
"I built this list because I was you. I did not have time to research 300 cities. I just needed someone to hand me the shortlist."
— Dr. Rachel Gainsbrugh, PharmD & STR Investor-
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No time to research
By the time you finish a shift and get the kids to bed, the last thing you have is two free hours to compare STR markets across 50 states.
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Conflicting information
Every forum, podcast, and YouTube channel points somewhere different. You don't know what to trust — so you trust nothing and stay stuck.
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Fear of the wrong market
You didn't survive a decade of training to lose $100K on a bad city pick. The stakes feel too high to guess — so you don't start at all.
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Tax season comes again
Another April. Another bill. Another year the IRS collected what a short-term rental could have legally sheltered.
Everything in one clean spreadsheet.
No rabbit holes. No contradictory data. Just the cities that actually work for busy professionals investing from a distance.
Your complete city intelligence file for STR investing
Curated from AirDNA, business travel demand data, home value reports, and Dr. Rachel's active network of 500+ investor physicians — filtered for what actually matters to someone investing without leaving their practice.
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75 rigorously vetted US cities Selected for profitability, tourism demand, regulatory stability, and suitability for out-of-state investors — not just Airbnb hype.
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Multi-source data intelligence AirDNA occupancy rates, business and insurance travel demand, acquisition cost benchmarks, and real-world investor feedback.
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Maintained by a practicing investor Dr. Rachel actively manages 18+ properties and updates this list from real experience — not content marketing.
Meet Dr. Rachel
Gainsbrugh
PharmD · Real Estate Investor · Founder, Short Term Gems
Dr. Rachel didn't stumble into real estate — she sprinted toward it. A clinical pharmacist drowning in student debt, a brutal tax bill, and a schedule that left no room for her sons' soccer games, she made a decision that changed everything.
With $5,000 cobbled together from her 401(k) and bonus checks, she bought her first short-term rental in 2018. That property cash-flowed $4,400 a month. Two properties in, she was making more from rentals than from her pharmacy salary — and she retired her W-2 for good.
What happens after the download.
"I was completely overwhelmed trying to pick a market on my own. This list gave me three cities I'd never considered — I closed on my first property four months later and sheltered $94,000 in taxes that year."
— Dr. E., Physician & STR Investor"As a pharmacist working 50-hour weeks, I had zero time to research markets. I downloaded this list on a Tuesday, booked a call Thursday, and had my first property under contract within 90 days."
— S.W., PharmD & STR Investor
Stop guessing.
Start with
the right cities.
Download the Top 75 US Cities for Short-Term Rental Investing and finally know exactly where to focus — in the time it takes to drink your morning coffee.
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