I have some upcoming turnover in the next few weeks, I basically just need someone to market the property on my behalf, screen potential tenants, and get the rooms filled then I can take over.

There is no one size fits all answer for this question, market to market, and property to property are all different. 

Buying more properties when you are young is definitely the smart plan, it snowballs and grows the sooner you start.

I’m brainstorming ideas on how I can market myself to potential mentors in the STR game in order to gain experience.

It justifies the property selling for greater than just market appreciationI do owner builder rehabs but sometimes use contractors for large work scope or scope beyond expertise.  

You could put most of your funds in the stock market and access them when needed for a HML.

An existing duplex provides immediate rental income and proven market comparables, reducing risk.

or get good tenant for around 1200$ on vacant unit (i reduced rent from 1350 to 1200 as not much interest in current market) and hold few more years absorbing repair costs and contractor issues, trees issues, retention wall issues, tough neighbor issues, loud music, tobacco etc. smell issues, dogs barking issues.7.

Most can provide a rental report to see how much properties are renting for in your area and how long properties are staying on the market. 

Curious if anyone else is using AI for real estate marketing—whether for video, staging, or even writing listing descriptions.