I'm also starting off my own personal investment property journey with my husband. 

I got a reasonable discount on the purchase price, and it has made me a good amount of money over the years.

And what if the one person you didn't check has a criminal background, has collections, and more?

Insurance liability, I personally know 2 families that lost their children in home pools.

A new person doing an OOS BRRRR right now is ripe for a loss.

Some high-end STR's (like in Joshua Tree) do use professional models, but for your market and property type, I’d suggest removing personal photos and focusing on the space itself, so guests can imagine themselves there, which is really what you want.You also have 81 photos, that’s too many.

If you're more of a 'personal referral' person than a 'do research online' person, and this is local to you in Manhattan, KS, hit up one or two of the trades people in the "little apple all stars" BNI group.

I personally dont do any of that.. every market / or most will have an active fix and flip sector or buy and hold sector the important thing to me is the operator full stop.. great operator will do well in any market and all the national data simply is noise at least at my level. ( loaning our own money and JV deals with our own money)  we dont broker or anything like that.

This could give you the cash you need for the purchase and also eliminate your personal guarantee for the loans.

We are on pace this year to save a little over $110K post tax money.