@Alan F. haha luckily im in shape and my arms are already tone....its my shoulders that I fear for.

I am okay with doing a business partnership because it seems they would take a lot of work off of my shoulders and they already seem to have a long list of houses and are pretty much ready to get the ground rolling.

No, your there, in the forge, sweating it out, watching it done, shoulder to shoulder, starting with grunt work, getting mentored until you yourself are capable. 

I have been going strong with Youtube university, but I think I am ready for a little more hands on/over the shoulder learning.

Sometimes, they're the goldmine for that extra data.Building some relationships with local property management companies or rubbing shoulders with investors in that area might just give you the edge in getting those nitty-gritty details.You're on the learning curve, but it sounds like you're taking all the right steps.

I assume it is if its more an ArBNB vacation type area At first I thought "wow, what's the chip on this guys shoulder where even when blatantly wrong he's freaking out when the world doesn't bend over and launch a parade for his every ignorant statements, with skin as thin as rice paper for any correction.". 

It wasn’t an asset it was a liability they took off your shoulders.

Yes, in theory you could stack humans should to shoulder across the globe, the only cost is no food, no water and no air to breath but hey, yup could stack humans like that. 

Just trying to explain that I have a good head on my shoulders.

We manage remotely, so minimizing issues and damanage is a higher priority for us than if we could get more money by allowing more people to stay.One issue with larger STRs is you may have more difficulty renting them in the off-season or shoulder-seasons.One issue with smaller STRs is you may not get the same amount of revenue as a larger STR during peak.I think my point is that if money is the only driver, than a larger STR may make sense.