Working with a property manager will give you a lot of hands-on experience in the day-to-day of managing properties. 

But by the way they perform Matt must over burden them with tasks outside their experience level.

An LLC is not free.

If so, what experience have you had?

The free marketing is not effective in a competitive market neither is the marketing strategy.

Feel free to reach out to me directly at any time.  

U invest in the fund and there is no debt ahead of you you own the debt free and clear the only risk is they buy the wrong debt and the underlying collateral does not support the investment.. which is why you go with folks that have a lot of experience in the space and now how to value the collateral.

Managing five rentals can eat up a ton of time in any given week, often at times that are inconvenient to you and your personal interests (family, hobbies, travel, etc.).”That’s been my experience, too.  

Just my personal opinion - get a mentor or a person who already has good experience running STR business, preferably in your area (but not 100% required). 

When you live in that duplex for 2 years and then sell you'll be able to take 50% of the profit tax free (the allocation for the side you lived in).