First time on this forum, and just introduced through two books I just read by David Greene and Brandon Turner.  

I Can only realistically get $1600-$1700 a month renting my house based on the market.

While you work on that, you could also explore creative financing options like DSCR loans or partnerships to fast-track your first STR.

And what is your price point and are you looking for turn-key properties or something along the lines of a "fixer upper"?

My thought is to take a compiled list of property addresses saved in Excel and then run data scrape from Zillow and Redfin on each of those addresses, pulling the property details back into excel and into the appropriate table I have set up. 

@Jordan Miller - I think to give proper guidance it would be good to share more details on the revenues and expenses on the property.

With on market deals like this, there are two scenarios: 1) you see something that no one else sees OR 2) everyone else sees something you don't

can you store dumpsters on site?

Specifically, I'm seeking talented handymen to work their magic on light cosmetic enhancements and an ingenious stage designer to infuse the space with their creativity.

Along these lines, we send out a weekly newsletter to our list, sharing things going on in our market, as well as more macro, in the real estate market and economy.