Or you want to spent the time, effort, and money to try and self-source an off market deal here.  

Quote from @Jackson Harris: Hey Kai'ler for our STR portfolio and what our investors do is start getting it listed on Facebook/Zillow rental/Furnish Finder/etc now as a LTR for that time period you're talking about.

That’s incredibly frustrating, especially after investing so much time and money.

The average 1st time homebuyer is 37 currently.

The IRS has challenged simultaneous "drop and swaps," so allowing some time between these steps is advisable.You hit this right on the head with your answer with TIC.You could also potentially do a Exchange Post Distribution (Swap and Drop).

I’m Hubert, an aspiring real estate investor and entrepreneur, currently balancing this journey alongside a full-time career.

I own a unit at a local condominium complex and am having issues with timely response from the HOA. 

A lot of people spend their time doing this, but it's not a good use of time because it can not teach you anything relevant without seeing each one in person.

The way that I have done this in Costa Rica has been to bring in several partners on a high end luxury property who would like to own a part of a property that they can use and enjoy but that they don’t have to manage by themselves.Each of the properties that I own are at a million or higher or will be soon. 

:Before you go too deep into the process, look at how long the period of time is for the system to recover its cost from operational profit.