It sounds like you are in a nice spot where you have options moving forward with investing, (congrats).

Focus on understanding the rental market, conducting thorough property inspections, and leveraging owner-occupied financing options like FHA loans.

I think the first step would be to contact a lender and figure out our best options moving forward.

Your options are greater ahead of the transaction as opposed to when the transaction has already been entered into.Best of luck to you!

I was originally drawn to it because I wanted to have one place where all my tenants paid rent and where they had the option to set up auto payments. 

I give them a deadline to respond, very clear terms of how we will move forward with the option they choose, and I make it clear this is my final offer.

Does Baseline give you the option to track expenses without attaching it to a particular property?

I think a better option is to get a job in property management.

They don't allow auto payments or automatically add late fees, and tenants would have the option to pull their payment back, which is not ideal.

I see 3-5 as a fad.Fractional ownership - way to much overhead for these to be profitable. think "timeshare".STR in non traditional markets - running a STR is a business and real estate, boils down to location location location - who would want to go to a conference and stay in a STR vs. the hotel where the conference is at, most businesses pay for this I do not see why.Mixed use with green - this has been going on for years- it will continue but it is also more expensive to build - which means higher costs to use.Not trying to be debbie downer, I have seen these attempted to be done in the past and they really have not been successful.I do really like the BTR model though as I continue to see that as a very good option in the future.