Portage Park has been a hot growth area!

All with 55% down.Generally speaking, a location that is near a National Park or major attraction(s) are going to be the better locations for STRs. 

Doing everything for little 2-6 unit townhouses all the way to 300+ unit apartment complexes and 5-over-1 mixed used buildings with 200 units over 20k sf of commercial and structured parking.

It is be difficult to answer in details on a post but I will give you some general info here as a guide:- The legal limit will depend on your location, layout of your house, and parking availability.

You'll actually learn useful stuff and won't be set back 5 years with an upsell.There's a Summit in Oakland CA at the end of August where there's a ton of speakers that post on BP, but it's not an official BP event.

Study up on warrantable vs non-warrantable condos.One idea I think for a fresh grad, is to find a great RV park operator. 

Think lakefront properties in small towns, destinations with new attractions (casinos, amusement parks)...Another idea is investing in properties suitable for accessory dwelling units to create dual-income setups, especially in cities with relaxed ADU regulations.

You can always house hack, buy a multi family, do a trailer park and live in a trailer etc.

We currently use Rent Manager for our property management software for our mobile home parks and other rentals, etc, but use QBO as our main accounting books.  

If you buy units and park them with a PM you will likely have a much harder time reaching this goal than if you self manage.