EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!

I'm also looking to get my hands on a good calculator for short term rentals since I'm terrible with Excel and only have a calculator for long term rentals that I know is missing sections that are specific to short term.Any help you can give me would be very much appreciated :) BiggerPockets has an Airbnb calculator, and I see that you're a pro member.Since you've read the STR book and done other education, you know HOW to pick a market lol.

Figure out what specific aspects of BRRR you want to discuss, and tell us what you have done to educate yourself on each of those specific aspects.

Still not 100% on the route we'll take on our fist project together, but I like to know as much as I can regarding all of my options so I can make an educated decision. 

Here's how I do my due diligence:1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where I think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then and only then do I pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.

If it were me I would give them two or three months and respectfully answer their questions but also let them know what your ground rules are regarding taking calls and how you handle things - in other words be polite and also educative as to how you handle things.Good Luck!

.: Well, what do you think about people that make a slightly educational post then have one of their VA’s on a different Bigger pocket account ask a question about the services that the OP provides and the OP makes a layout of the services they offer?

With your balance sheet and cash, you can put together creative deals without giving up equity and without using your cash but you are going to need to find a market and product which has 7-8% cap rates.I invest in the northeast, Great Lakes area.Diverse economies with education, healthcare as the back bone and tech as growth.In your area, you’ll have to raise way more capital in the form of equity just to meet DSCR with the banks.

I'm completely new to real estate and am doing all I can to educate myself in really all things real estate.

Basically, it turned off our furnace and I watched until temps started hitting 56F inside, then reached out gently to educate that our AC (blower) is disabled in the winter and the furnace needs to stay on.Hang in there.