I have it narrowed down to two agents, one has more general experience in the area and are part of a large organization.  

Building relationships with lenders, agents, and investors will also be key to scaling your portfolio.

I’ve also thought of plans for a smaller scale venue too.

On a more enterprise scale, I employ RevMax software as well as a fractional revenue manager who looks at the prices daily on a market level and a comp set level. 

I don't know anyone with a large number of cats that I consider mentally healthy.

Quote from @Jules Aton: Sofa struggles for me right now. 1-bd beach condo so not large family traffic. 

Instead of requiring tenants to pay a large upfront deposit, landlords can accept a surety bond purchased by the tenant through a third-party company.

Could I have scaled more by re-leveraging? 

That said, if your goal is rapid cash flow growth, a 1031 exchange into higher-yield properties could help you scale faster.

I had a unique perspective of how these two industries working together.While performing an inspection on a house, I got to chat with the seller and found he was a commercial construction superintendent for a large local company.