This is why is is extremely important that you use local resources who own STR's in the area or manage them at a bare minimum.

Does anyone have advice on where to start, what resources to look into, or steps I can take to get into something like this?

I used Hostaway for the last year and the they recently snuck in a 1.8% fee for our direct booking site.

Small entrepreneurs should not diversify their limited resource if they want to grow.  

I am listed on 5 platforms plus have a direct booking site and I rank highly across my 5 listings.  

A great resource that's a one to one for starting with you own capital is the Private Lenders podcast. 

These are the facts that will be most relevant to you moving forward. 

But when you factor in the convenience of having everything done for you, it’s sometimes worth the extra cost, especially when you don’t have the time or resources to manage it yourself.

You may be able to confirm their most recent address through some online resources like whitepages.com or on their credit report and then look up the owner.

Get listed on all the OTA’s and a direct booking site, use good management software like HostAway, use dynamic pricing software like pricelabs, use WiFi enabled smart locks like Schlage encode, use an email capture system for guests to login to WiFi like stayfi, use those captured emails to do marketing for your direct booking site, and automate scheduling and payments for cleaners and maintenance.