Quote from @Byron Umana: If you're just getting started with short-term rentals, there's a lot to learn—pricing strategies, guest communication, automation, and more.

I'm an investor and agent in VB happy to talk through your strategies sometime.

What is the best strategy to leverage this for my goal?  

That’s IF the lender decides NOT to pursue a strategy of bankrupting the borrower by filing a ton of paperwork, motions, requests for information, etc.  

With this strategy, we knew exactly how each house was operating and we could intervene or change leadership of the house if necessary to assure operations were going as we expected. 

Is there a strategy to do a BRRRR with little to no money out of my own pocket?

You'll likely also reduce your cost of living by moving to a stabilized apartment.Depending on the cashflow and debt paydown, you can use this strategy until you've built enough equity to reinvest.On the other hand, getting into a multi-family after refinancing will also help you build substantial equity to rinse and repeat in the coming years.

They can offer tailored strategies to help manage your rentals and carpentry business effectively.

For RE owners, death allows you to pass assets to your heirs and step up in basis, effectively eliminating recapture.

Sometimes, buying an existing property can be more cost-effective and less time-consuming and maybe require slightly less permits, etc.