Hobbies include travel, camping, and disc golf! 

Or should we get some cheap plans drawn up first?

These transactions don't included additional expenses the business incurs like meals, travel, dues, subscriptions, marketing, accounting, licenses, phone, internet, etc.

I am planning to travel to Columbus and drive around but I can't possibly get to know an entire area in even a few short visits. 

An LLC is cheap and does offer protection.

You can probably "find a guy" for cheap but they will spray everything (blow and go) and cut corners.

We were not there often due to travel and had no pets, apartment was returned in the same condition that we received itI am wondering if a normal wear and tear allowance calculation is something that actually exists and by law they need to provide the hourly rate breakdown and what was cleaned correct?

A lot of lead inspectors can you give you a cheap test to tell you where it is to confirm things.

I've putting my money into public markets and HYSA but once rates drop I need to re-think the HYSA.Other investors I know are doing STRs in California and OOS, partially because of the IRS loophole with STRs and being about to offset active income, some MTRs (renting out to people displaced for insurance reasons such as a fire, other reasons, not so much travel nurses like during COVID), buying an apartment complex together with 3 to 4 people, working in the real estate industry (acquisition, property management, lending, becoming an agent, etc).

Even at $1,500 a month, that is really really cheap considering 50k messages should bring 1-3 deals a month.