And give more weight to a business owner providing you a suggestion rather than just some broker saying "I can do it".  

Doing this more gradually will likely be less stressful and allow you to learn some lessons with less financial exposure.  

AI can play a role in lead generatio and market analysis, but in the end you want an experienced human to be there on your side when stuff hits the fan. it would happen gradually , similar like travel agent, job agent, marketing agent , stock brokerage agent that the numbers are slowly reducing little by litle.we are moving to society where there would be trust more into machine than human, that's where the concept is moving on slowly and that's the very basic concept of AI. new generation want something that's more emotion-less, bias-less and much less costlier when possible.

Start modest and increase your investments gradually as you become more knowledgeable and comfortable with the market.

If you can mange to get even a little of his advisory time; it's worth it's weight in gold. 

Gradually you will learn, gain experience, build the network to be in a better position to develop this high potential land. 

The plan is to gradually expand my portfolio, incorporating mid-term rentals and beyond.I'm thrilled about connecting with all of you, and if there's ever an opportunity for me to assist you on your journey, please don't hesitate to reach out.Cheers to a promising journey ahead!

If you lay out the cost of ownership (maintenance for example), then that is a different presentation.If allowed, it might be interesting to say that we are going to gradually increase your rent.

Otherwise it should 10-12% (it depends but if you add the leasing fee and weight it across 36 months then it will be more accurate than the flat fee)I'm not seeing 100-150$ per month for maintenance and I'm not seeing any similar amounts for capex reserve.Don't pay for utilities unless you have to for some reason.PP: 241kClosing costs: 3% is ~7.25k1-month vacancy: 1.8kLeasing fee: 1.8kImprovements: 5kAre you all-in for around 257k?

I do both real estate and stocks but my portfolio is heavily weighted towards real estate.