Most of them figured out how to monetize STR's long ago via local occupancy tax.

I try to make properties pet friendly and monetize it with rent increases.

(d) super important, there not a 1-hit wonder, there to get a commission on a buy but with you through the entire life cycle on how to monetize it, help with PM's, vendors, ALL OF IT, everything the whole way through.

And this is where you can start thinking about "monetizing your audience"

Your current 'Return on Equity' isn't terrible assuming a $1,700/mo net cash flow.($1,700 x 12 mo) / $240,000 = 8.5% Return on EquityI've seen worse :)What I see a lot of investors do is get into multifamily passively.

It’s a more feasible option for one to budget and learn how to manage Monet and cut expenses and saveTo start investing then be out chasing a pipeDream.Obviously it seems like this individual is in a position where he needs to work many hours a week to maintain his lifestyle so he needs to change his habits first and watch everything else in life follow suite.

What is the best way to monetize it if I don't want to live in it full time anymore?

We are also looking for a place to buy for ourselves within the neighborhood, but the supply in the area is very scarce, the people who come to buy here leave their brains at home, and there's little opportunity for finding enough space sufficient to monetize.

These markets' local governments, such as mine and @Tim Schroeder's, figured out how to tax and monetize these rentals well before I was born, and any sort of regulation against these types of rentals would be so detrimental to the local economy that there is very very little chance it would ever happen. 

If your goal is to leave the W-2 job to grow a business that could be an option, but finding good deals would still be a more valuable skill and likely more profitable if you monetize it.