I ended up getting the online course and it was pretty disappointed. 

Keep in mind STR guests will be rough on plumbing. 

We had a record breaking online attendance this week, hope to do the same next month:  Top 10 Title Issues Real Estate Investors have to solve with Accurate Title

Great hosts will be good neighbors, will contribute to local tourism and will pay their taxes and permit fees* A major area to improve on the proposal is the 1 hour time-limit for resolving complaints.

You have to know your state landlord-tenant laws; they are on the internet:"In New Jersey, a landlord may need to give a 30-day notice to pay rent before eviction if the tenant has a history of late payments and the landlord accepts them.

In my home market of Florida, our insurance rates have made it much harder to have positive cash flow on a CRE deal.

from the little I know and its only because i have brokered 50  100 unit apartments the buyers are quite sophisticated and have a lot of cash and have their lenders lined up.. 

Open to suggestions.Little about me I have a relatively higher paying public service job.

Make sure you do your due diligence on that before you invest. 

You can use it as a downpayment on a property over $450k and use leverage tax free.