I'll start shopping around mortgage brokers and get all that info from them so I can make the most informed decision of which to target first to optimize growth without over leveraging myself.

I also would continue to shop around and see if anyone can beat that rate. 

This week I found and interviewed these guys offering calls staring at $5/hr from the Philippines headed up by an American for Texas maned Mack. https://www.facebook.com/derek.sabal.75 

Might be worth the time to shop around some.

REITS that own shopping malls or sky-scraper office buildings are effectively the walking dead and many will not survive. 

You'll definitely want to do your own shopping and due diligence.There is a lot more to this and you'll definitely want to invest time and resources to creating and improving your internal systems.

There is no one stop shop for all STR info.AirDNA has some advantages but can be skewed pretty far off.If you know where you want to look, just hit up AirBNB and VRBO and see what others units are bringing in, their nightly rate and occupancy.

HEB, Walmart, Costco, shopping mall etc. are all within 10 min driving distance.

I got so tired with our industry keeping people out when there are more than enough projects for everyone.I’ve developed hundreds of CVS and family dollar stores across the US along with the shopping centers, industrial parks, and housing.  

There is no FHA 3.5% down on an apartment building or a shopping enter, there's lots of gov't incentives for "everyone to own a home" and since 1-4 units residential are all considered "single family" homes that means young investors get to ride that gravy chain for up to 4 units, but nothing like that exists for CRE (the gov't backed CRE mortgage options require MORE experience than traditional/vanilla commercial mortgages).Let me know if I can help.