I have my accounts set up in the "Profit First" method by Mike Michalowicz, and so far, things are going great!

I have had one favorite company.

I have found lots of heirs with that simple method.

The other way is called the Enemy Method, where you go to Airbnb and Vrbo, look at your direct competitors, and figure out how full their calendars are, at what prices, keep a tally of their income, and make a guess as to their yearly gross.

I got snacks plus goodies from my favorite place Bath and Body Works!

I'm active all over GA and Columbus is one of my favorite markets here.

As your real estate empire grows, consolidating loans into one could offer better terms and streamline management.Overall, your method of buying, living, and then converting properties into rentals is a strong, scalable strategy for building wealth. 

I’ve read about strategies like house hacking but am not too enthusiastic about what it would take (also not very feasible given the current cash I have), also the ‘BRRR’ method, though I wonder if it might be too ambitious for my first property.

I'm using the ENEMY method, AirDNA, Mashvisor, Revedy, and Pricelabs for comps and analysis.I was able to select the market and community that is marketed as vacation rental homes and most of the houses are set up as STR.

So I made a compromise with myself, instead of putting that $100 directly to my principle, I'm opening a brokerage account that will have $100 deposited into it automatically every month and invested in index funds using dollar cost averaging method.