If you're not sure of you preferred direction with your next property I would invest in understanding investing more thoroughly and read 5-10 books as well as speak to other experienced investors.

That could be a short term rental where people stay a couple nights at a time, someone coming to town for a work purpose for a few or several months at a time like a traveling nurse who signs a contract for several months. 

It’s paid off, I would “like” to leave it that way & maximize the cash flow while paying down the heloc between the rental & other income.  

I struggle with podcasts because they show a slice but not usually a start-to-finish how-to and you could invest countless hours (like I did) listening to many podcasts to piece things together.

If my funding falls through because of this confusion, and you know of a hard money lender that funds townhouse projects like this please pass along a reference for me.Thanks!

It sounds like a great idea!  

There was a post that I was interacting with on the Classifieds section where someone has a program that allows you put something like $5K down.

A number of things seem like memory loss. 

Also, how effective is their CRM—does it integrate well with other tools, and does it offer automation for follow-ups?

Have a proforma for calculating your returns I can share as well.