I, like you, have a handful of my own STR properties that I self manage, and manage just shy of 20 STR properties located in Bryan / College Station, Tx for out of state/country investors. 

An old college friend and I have decided to partner together to BRRRR properties out of state in order to grow as quickly as possible.

Good afternoon fellow investors,I just closed on my first rental property, which consists of a main house with 3 attached smaller units (efficiencies) - this is very normal in this area- , everything is on one meter.The previous owner used to live in the main house and therefore all utilities were included in the smaller units's rent payments.

I’ll finish up my license asap that’s been on my list as well I started taking marketing and business classes at my local college. 

Quote from @Billy Smith: Having all or most of your rentals paid off is a great feeling with the cash flow rolling in .You know have a bigger shovel to buy more properties , folks get the fever want more more dam the debt full speed ahead .I read a lot saying what  is the rate of the  note ,you could deploy the money in  ,gold ,stocks etc....With just a couple rentals paid off in A -B area I put my kids though Division 1 state college.  

Your best investment is in yourself.Consider going to college or learning a trade.Use the funds to invest in something that does not require much time so you can focus on learning.If you do decide to get into real estate, you may want to consider doing a house-hack.It will give you a place to live(potentially saving you a few hundred dollars from paying rent and also giving you training wheels for being a landlord).

Everyone in your phone, linkedin, FB, IG, any other databases-school-religious-frat-clubs-sports-high school-college-old jobs-current job. 

But, currently looking around the Saint Cloud area where I could do room rentals for college students or into the twin cities area, but the property insurance and taxes are a lot higher there. 

When I asked they said time, storage, etc.

There is a large demand for efficient distribution and storage of goods, thus many investors are looking for ways to increase their financial performance while continuing to remain competitive in the market.