Never heard of a voucher tenant being responsible for maintenance and repairs, rental licensing fees, lead testing upkeep, cap ex, reserves, book keeping and tax prep......and even if you self manage, it takes up your time and should be treated as an expense because its taking away from your ability to earn income elsewhere. 

You can learn to do this independently or get a rockstar REALTOR to lead the way.

Enhancing guest experience with small touches, like a welcome basket or local guide, can lead to better reviews and repeat bookings.

This is the fork where I'm not sure if I'd be good to get some CRE exp and invest in learning about how to review deals for the next 2-3 years, or focus on generating revenue for investment purposes and watch how things are done as a LP.My personality more aligns with networking, reaching out to people, connecting, navigating difficult situations and finding solutions that work.

Or maybe you're great at talking to people and could make cold calls for someone working off a leads list. 

To me it kind of defeats the purpose of protecting personal assets and standing up the LLC.2. 

Otherwise, broker classes that lead to a real license are cheap.If you want to become a real broker, earn a real license.

Held in my property entity that I purposely keep a low balance and doesn’t show a lot of income.

Paid platforms often offer additional features like market analytics, off-market property leads, and filters for investor-specific criteria, giving them a leg up over free options.Exactly, most platforms have to offset cost somewhere because of how expensive it is to keep the data up to date.

They market and sell the lead to an end user.