Dalton,A multi LTR strategy sounds like a great play for 2025.i would suggest attending any and all REI meet ups in your area that you can find; my brokerage hosts a bunch of them up in the north east and it's been huge for our growth.i would also suggest finding an investor focused agent.

You can play around with how much you want to take out.

Long term play would be to either use it as a short term rental or 1031 exchange it after 2+ years.

You also don't need to do a traditional long term strategy, is there a draw the  area that playing host to a traveling nurse or other professional/student would be interested? 

We want to buy an arcade machine for our STR that plays a bunch of different games.

Yep, an SF play is actually interesting to me right now.

It's playing with plutonium.

Also wonder how appreciation plays out in that area as well.

Then, once you incorporate an entity structure, that will play a part as well.Hope that helps!

You have to value your time, leverage your skills, and execute a long or short term play.