Things like acting like a guest searching for a property and seeing how well your property goes to the top of the algorithm or not, as a guest looking at pricing of your property vrs your closest competition, looking at properties that are doing well and seeing what you could be doing better.

Drive for dollars in all of the multifamily areas, especially closest to you.

U already noted closest we put NO WIRE closet racks in our finish carpenter does all our closets.. the other thing we do is put a light in each closet on a switch small thing but man do they like that ..

I wish there was a system for searching for STR specific things but I have only found something like AirDNA to be the closest even though it's far from ideal for that.

Not having any other investors around is a drawback, but where do you live and have you even looked for real estate investing meetups closest to you?

I think another idea is come up with some renderings and a slide deck and go make presentations at the closest senior centers, Rotary and other service clubs, maybe several nearby chambers and see what kind of interest there is. 

What's the closest "affordable" location to you?

how are those bedrooms with no closest in them considered bedrooms.. ???

Not only is it the right thing to do to help them get their legal ducks in a row about knowing SPECIFICALLY what the seller did wrong, ie did not disclose and can prove it was done for the sole purpose of deception to make the sale "smoother" but it can help you look good and have you learn how to avoid in the future (as you say "tighten up your due diligence")It sucks when agents "help" 1st time or largely inexperienced buyers long enough to make the sale and get their commission but then peace out on the client when something like this happens.It It seems like you are attempting to do the right thing which is admirable bc at the end of the day, the court system is the closest thing to a "business police" that ppl can get. 

@Sherry TsaiIf you choose to self manage, it would be the one closest to where you live.