What you can do is get a report what the properties were listed for, on the MLS and take a guess.

I am interested in acquiring a 10-acre lot with a house listed for $1.6M in a Houston suburb and would like to investigate financing options for building a commercial structure on the property.

Meaning how to attract the type of people you want to your STR listings and how the heck you are supposed to know if there is a market for your type of "customer" in the area you are investing.

If you are going to self manage you will need to build business systems and get a list of reliable vendors.  

One of our MTRs is in an area with extremely low supply that we've had a waiting list for it one summer.

We keep making those lists for the biggest rent decreases, highest vacancy, etc.

marketing such as google adds, Facebook, direct mail and I'm sure the list goes on.

Haven't done it yet, but it's next on my list.

I’m in the process of getting my real estate salesperson license to gain access to MLS listings as well.

@Kyle Carter a list of questions is almost useless:(Anyone can tell you want you want to hear, especially "con-men".