Short-term rentals can definitely help you build financial freedom while giving you more flexibility, especially if your current business is demanding a lot of your time and energy.

To avoid this, some GP's find it worthwhile to spend more of their time, energy and resources on raising equity in smaller increments.

It's a matter of time vs energy and who, not how.

Also for every 50 props that are up for auction in most states the vast majority either redeem postpone BK sell or whatever so most folks hone in on one property spend all this time and energy and it never actually goes to sale.

You're asking someone to spend a lot of time and energy to share what they've spent years - maybe decades - learning and developing.

By doing this you'll start to see which strategies might better align with your resources (time, money, energy, connections, etc) and your future goals.

Your clients are motivated sellers.You can NOT convert people who do not want to sell  (below market value) into people willing to sell below market value.The mistake people make (constantly) is their efforts are based on forcing non-motivated sellers to sell, by constant harassment.This is wrong.Instead of mass mailing blanket mailing,  and putting your energy in finding random people and forcing them to become motivated by putting a ton of effort and money into follow-up, you need to focus on targeting the RIGHT people.People who are actually looking for your service.Hopefully, it changes your perspective and you can improve your business.

So I am not sure whether I really need sources of passive income right now considering that I have a lot of energy that I can spend on investment strategies that require more efforts and energy.

That doesn't include any maintenance costs or other variables.I regularly argue that solar energy is rarely worth the investment.

Evaluate the numbers and your time energy lifestyle for managing rentals out of state and how those align with your why you're investing in RE.