He's a partner in an STR management company and is very active in that sector right now in the Charleston area. 

I think LTR vs MTR is very area specific and would rely on the expertise of the local agents!

This keeps it informal while also showing your expertise in both areas.

In one of our companies, we have a board comprised of people with different expertise.

Showing a level of expertise to do something hard or exciting certainly piques the interest of a guy with money and no RE experience.We lived in Houston and self managed properties in Oregon and Maine that we snuck away to in the summer.

Where people went cheap with online brokers, many of those companies just did not have the resources or expertise is seemed in many instances to handle claims. 

It’s fantastic to have a Realtor and investor with expertise in new construction homes joining the community.Here’s how you can engage and collaborate with the BP community.

I'd love to utilize their expertise when assessing a property since they are local but I'm not sure what the general expectation is when I don't have a tangible property and I have not entered into contract to work with them yet.Some questions I have are: local regulations/permitting timeline, property's potential from their perspective, landscaping/amenities cost estimate (they also help facilitate this).

I'd love to utilize their expertise when assessing a property since they are local but I'm not sure what the general expectation is when I don't have a tangible property and I have not entered into contract to work with them yet.Some questions I have are: local regulations/permitting timeline, property's potential from their perspective, landscaping/amenities cost estimate (they also help facilitate this).

If there are other areas in the Charlotte Metro area you're interested in, I'd be happy to chat with you about them since that's my area of expertise!