The previous owner started to repair it.Looks a little rough, but we’ll get her all fixed up.

With absolutely no prior experience investing in real estate, I'm getting to the point/age where retirement from corporate America is getting closer and closer, however I still have 2 kids to put through college over ...

Multi-family real estate is something I am planning on doing after I graduate college and eventually full-time. 

BUT, the time to START acting is likely now.

All it needs now is a little TLC to bring it to life—think fresh paint, new fixtures, etc.The cabinets, floors, and walls are all in good shape, so you’ve got a solid starting point.

Have you already started connecting with any local professionals, or are you still searching?

Here's link: https://rent.app/landlordAppears they are a type of payday advance lender for rent payments.Seeing more & more of this on banks statements for rental applciations, so predicting we'll all be accepting rent from them eventually for Class C & D tenants that can't seem to get out of their paycheck-to-paycheck cycles.

I realize that there are variables from market to market and property to property that could make VRBO more effective for a given property, but my understanding is that in general Airbnb bookings get out to such a dominant start in regard to percentage of the bookings, that VRBO and other lesser OTAs have trouble catching up.

You really need to decide on what is most important and then start looking. 

Quote from @Chris Lin: BackgroundI started my journey with REI Nation (formerly Memphis Invest) in 2019.