Any tips or advise would be great!

No decision yet, but it's looking good for the investor, as they were able to find about 20 other houses in the area that have been operated as STRs for years with no complaints.

im looking to get into a house hack in either there or venice, or even palmetto, still just looking but would like to be educated when i do decide to make the move, any tips are appreciated, also if you need any help let me know!

I'm here to help if you need any guidance along the way.

I do use Ownerrez as a PMS and they have a report that automatically gives me the numbers needed to do it myself and it takes just a few clicks.

I think people were/are just trying to avoid agreeable gray.

I definitely planned on using Furnished Finder to fill out the midterm rental.

They'll find out. 

The return on equity is probably very low considering they are paid off so maybe explore refinancing or selling the lowest performing one(s) or your biggest headaches to reinvest in more lucrative deals.I noticed you also used a metric of number of rentals to attain your goal rather than $$$/month.

They sell you a package to enter and then find you people to stay and never paid you back!