Hi Ella, welcome aboard,Your post about your real estate ambitions, encompassing the purchase, renovation, and sale of properties, as well as the ownership of Airbnb rentals, is indeed an exciting endeavor.

Pending Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I've read many of the BiggerPockets books like - House Hacking- Flipping- Estimating Rehabs- Multifamily Millionaire Book I and II- How to Invest in Real Estate with Low or No Money Down- Investing from a Distanceand even some outside of themand have been wanting to do something in Real Estate for awhile.

any South Carolina investors, contractors or anyone in the real estate field in SC wants to connect?

As we’re beginning to get a grasp on the scale of the challenges ahead we wanted to highlight a few areas of note and concern that is already influencing the local and national real estate market.

I am interested in investing in something a bit more passive as I am getting older and, while I love the real estate asset class, I do recognize the need for multiple streams of income. 

I myself don't have a lot of appetite for risk which is why I started investing in real estate.

Welcome to the world of real estate investing!

I am newbie in real estate and I don't have much experience in real estate. 

The short sale real estate agent should be able to advise you on all of the loss mitigation options and laws specific to your state and help you with each option prior to listing for sale as a short sale and trying to liquidate the property.