Here Are The Three Florida Cities Where To Own A Vacation Rental

Looking to earn extra money? Here are the three Florida cities to own a vacation rental.

According to market analysis firm AllTheRooms, short-term rental hosts can average of over $44,000 per year! But remember, it all starts with location, location, location! Leave it to someone, in this case LawnStarter, to do all the math for us and figure out the best cities in America to own a vacation rental property.

LawnStarter compared 189 of the biggest cities in the country and used the following metrics: revenue potential, initial investment costs, average expenses, entertainment options for guests, public safety, and climate. After all the adding and subtracting was done, here are the Top 10 cities to own a vacation rental...and Florida did VERY WELL!

Other Sunshine State cities that ranked high were Hialeah (#13), Jacksonville (#22), Tallahassee (#40), St. Petersburg (#54), Port St. Lucie (#72), and Cape Coral (#98) made the Top 100. If you are like us and want to know what city finished at the bottom, coming in at #189 was Fremont, California. You can dive deeper into this study here. Seeing how high Tampa ranked, we might be thinking about investing in a vacation rental! [SOURCE Fox 35]

Florida city ranks number one for best dog-friendly vacations.

We all know how much we love our pups in Florida. They go to the beach with us,  to the pool, sometimes to a bar where you have an adult beverage and they have a nice bowl of water. Now, Booking.com has pulled together a study looking at the best dog-friendly vacations in the USA. The research is ranked on a variety of factors including the number of dog- friendly hotels, number of pet shops, number of dog friendly parks and number of dog friendly hikes.

See the top five cities below...

Topping the list is the theme park capital of the US, Orlando, Florida. With so many families descending on the city, hotels and facilities are accommodating for travelers bringing their dogs along to join in the fun, including Universal's Loews Sapphire Falls Resort and The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress. The city also has 14 dog-friendly parks, such as Paw Park which includes a canine agility course.