I am still unclear about everything I read on the tax benefits for getting the cash out refi, and would like to understand that better2.

Could you recommend where I can start looking?

I’d love to connect and am very interested in hearing about your agent recommendation.

Spencer: read this about 6 times...

. - We always recommend buying your first rental locally if possible and DIY managing to learn as much as possible before investing OOS.2) Lots of crooks and incompetents in the PMC world:( They both cost you money.- As already stated, you'll have a small portfolio.

@Rene Hosman You can read about H.S.A. investing in my new BP book - Self-Directed IRA Investing: A BiggerPockets Guide - www.BiggerPockets.com/SDIRA

I recommend attending different Real Estate Investors Association meetings to network and get a feel for the landscape.

I have 0 experience managing STR properties, but lots of experience using Airbnb from my travels 😅 I am halfway reading Avery Carl’s book on STR.

If you haven't already, read "The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs" by J.

Based on the info in your post, my recommendation would be to turn these assets into well oiled machines and max out their NOI.