I am just too busy to play the games anymore.I optimize cash back.

Any suggestions on how to optimize investing through SDIRA?

Having a plan to do things like this help optimize your opportunities and give you confidence in your decision.One thing to consider is your cash-on-cash return.

(Obviously it's not optimal...)Is it a good plan to go to school for business management and Real Estate?

There are plenty of tips and tricks out there but in the end for STR's it all comes down to creating a valuable experience for your guests....all success flows directly from that but you can certainly increase your bottom line by optimizing processes and reducing costs when possible.  

Granted this is a deferred tax strategy vs an optimization strategy, but the end effect is pretty similar if you plan to expand your rental portfolio in the future and pass on to later generations.  

A good dynamic pricing utility like wheelhouse or pricelabs can optimize price and minimum stays throughout the year.

It is here you will choose what you want to search for from the menu list that pops up.Let's see if we can find a bill that we paid.Choose bill from the Transaction Type Field window.You can choose to search by Vendor, Date, Reference # or an amount.

It seems to me like the HELOC would be better for short term usage, such as repairs on properties, or flips, but less optimal than a traditional mortgage for long term buy and holds. 

For example, I purchased a list from List Source a few months back and at least 30% of the mailers were returned.I'm sure someone has a way around this or a way to improve their rate of returned mail but I don't want to spend the money to figure out how to optimize someone else's list.