I know of a couple in Jefferson but they're more river front properties and already have place to store your boat, and a cool shop that could double as an extra sleeping place or cool game room/ man cave!

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/176-Ma-County-Rd-3215-Jefferson-TX-75657/127203177_zpid/ This is the the house I was talking about! River access leads to Caddo Lake that has fun fishing and beautiful scenery. Jefferson has great holidays, was voted a top 10 small town in Texas, and has wineries, a brewery, and amazing food!

Thanks for the info! We found a great 3bd 2b house in the yellow zone of our area which means it could be used for special permits or STRs as long as it gets approved or we find the certificate. The zoning in my area is weird because certain parts are flagged as good for STRs but my area also doesn't have many laws or any laws about STRs.

@Matt Sanderson I believe you're referring to Jefferson with the cypress trees on Caddo lake! My wife and I went to look at a few properties we thought would be good for our first STR but they were either too expensive for what we could afford or needed too much work and we didn't have the funds to do it. Jefferson has many fun things like general stores, Ghost tours, beautiful rivers fed into Caddo, and they have decent coffee. Christmas time, Mardi Gras, and 4th of July are huge revenue bumps for that area and there are 3 colleges within 30 minutes of Jefferson, East Texas Baptist University, Wiley University, and TSTC. If you're a coffee lover Jefferson has "The Hive" and Marshall has Joe Pine coffee, 7Brew, Starbucks, Huey's, and a coffee truck called War Daddy Coffee. Many great small town places to eat and Marshall has a pizza place that competed in the Texas Pizza competition and did well with their 5 boroughs pizza (which is my favorite pizza there).