The key is to do what you are already doing - @Paloma Wodehouse - your research and find a good agent with 20+ years of experience and who really loves real estate.

I'm wondering if anyone has had experience with a similar situation to mine and or has any advice.I'm looking to buy a triplex as well as a single family home that is on one parcel, so 4 total units.

- If all their experience is STR, then they are probably expecting you to treat them like an STR guest.

It would be a rare new RE investor that could hope to have taken on this project without partners with experience.My point is investors in different stages of life and experience have different criteria for their RE investments.  

I am assuming your a pretty dang good attorney, and with some experience under that belt given it's worth $500k+ to whoever, for you to do what you do.

Looking forward to sharing my journey and learning from your experiences.

Living with your tenants can be very challenging speaking from experience. 

Typically in my experience EVERYONE is happy to help.

Given your firsthand experience with the Alabama market, particularly with septic-specific considerations, your insights would undoubtedly provide a more accurate perspective on the operational and maintenance costs affecting this asset.Even with the available information, there are still substantial assumptions and speculative elements that must be integrated into the current and pro forma financial analyses to provide a meaningful valuation.

Anyway, I greatly appreciate you taking the time to share from your vast wealth of experience.