Short-term rental demand around Dallas follows events and institutions.
Cowboys and Rangers games and concerts pull guests to Arlington, the State Fair of Texas fills Fair Park every fall, conventions bring weekday stays downtown, and the hospitals around the Medical District keep mid-term stays busy with travel clinicians.
The rules are the harder part. The City of Dallas has moved to restrict short-term rentals in single-family zoning, and those rules have been challenged in court. Arlington and other suburbs set their own.
Owners know this and ask about it first. A manager whose page explains where they operate, and how they handle registration and hotel occupancy tax, looks more credible than one that ignores it.