Quote from @Kevin Brown: Hi,We own and manage two AirBnb's. 

I learned how to manage rental properties well with this property.

I may pay off my current house (6.625%), pay off half and buy 1-2 rentals or just refinance it and buy 3-4 rentalSI’m interested to see what you decide to do as wellJustin 

There are online platforms like Rentable.com that will handle opening the correct accounts / all compliance tasks related to managing deposits 

The account is "Vacasa"'s, not his.Likewise, if Elon Musk decided to buy Vacasa and tomorrow, I'm pretty sure he would retain the accounts as they are assets of the business he's buying, not any particular person.  

One challenge to manage is being able to clarify for lenders on those rentals (if you have them) which amount of the premium should be paid for each rental so that they do not include the entire premium into their escrow analysis, inflating your monthly payment on that rental. 

If you decide to take the partnership from a trial, to an ongoing long-term partnership, then get the attorneys involved and create an ironclad, partnership. 

I will be here for 6 months to a year and looking to continue hands on support/experience.I am a construction manager and have a lot of background in contractor management, site scheduling, and quality control.

I talked to Padsplit and they manage SFHs renting each room to different tenants - the total rent is more than renting it out to one household.

I work with a lot of househackers and they're typically on the 12 month cycle, rinse and repeat.While the proposition of acquiring an investment property outside of your market in a "landlord friendly" state may sound appealing, i would recommend you stay local for now and househack another couple of properties over the next few years until you've got some more time / experience under your belt.you would need a management company to cover your property that is outside of your market which would not only take 8-10% of your gross it would also leave you a bit vulnerable to a property management company that you A.)know nothing about and B.)you won't have the experience or cashflow or proximity to deal with any headaches that may arise.i would recommend staying local and househacking your way along for now and then maybe hire a local property management company initially to work with your current/local properties to get a taste of what to expect if and when you begin investing outside of your market.