A vacation rental could generate higher returns but requires more active management.

Become active.

@Marcus Auerbach How many hours of active management per week would you say it realistically takes to manage 50 units yourself?

Many of the OTAs and lead gen sites, like Furnished Finder, are pushing credit card payments. 99.9% of the time I get a message from FF saying 'your tenant would prefer to pay by credit card so activate Stripe now!' 

My family has been active in the Las Vegas real estate market since 1989 working mainly in single family rentals. 

Padsplit may also be an option if you want to be a little less active in managing. 

I've been in the investment space almost 9 years now, and been actively investing in flips myself, the last year.

It’s a great way to connect with investors and professionals in the Phoenix market who are active in residential deals.Looking forward to seeing how your journey progresses—feel free to share updates or ask questions as you dive deeper into the residential side!

Anyone actively flipping in LA/ SoCal?

But as was mentioned above, you need expertise and experience.For the first 2-3 years of activity investing in real estate, I had to use my own money sources for down payments.