I'm doing more research because I do not understand how the SEC or Licensing bureaus are also not involved.

I can do my own research, but am interested since you mentioned it and I have not heard of this before.

The very basics would be getting your furniture and shopping list together, keyless entry like Schlage (with backup lockbox with physical key very close as well), looking into insurance, local taxes for STRs, and moreAlot of ways to save time and make it easier to self manage with a property management software like Hospitable and data research like AirDNA.

here's a good thread on it:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/899/topics/1110473-sett...you should do your own research and determine what fits best for you. 

Quote from @Rachel Seymour-Newton: Hi everyone,I’ve been doing a lot of research and am ready to buy my first investment.

But I may just need to do some more research into the potential opportunities that Corvallis may provide!

If any of the specific areas catch your interest and you’d like more details, these are only portions of the full reports I wrote on each submarket and I am happy to send the full report to you, feel free to send me a private messageAfter conducting thorough research on the economic and infrastructure developments in Alexandria, Virginia, I believe it holds strong potential as a long-term buy-and-hold real estate investment over the next 20 years.

I've been doing some research on multi-family properties and trying to get a grasp on trends.

So I'm doing the preliminary work in the meantime--contacting the city to see what they would like, reaching out to the residents in the neighborhood, etc That's great that you are doing your research beforehand. 

Many banks handling tax escrow accounts for mortgages have mistakenly thought there was one tax due twice/year or totally missed one of the taxes.Investors should research the SEV and the Non-Homestead property tax millage rates to project what the property taxes will be after adjustment.