While some property management companies may prefer to control the listing for operational convenience, it’s crucial that you, as the owner, retain ownership to safeguard your reviews, booking history, and overall control of the property.

Networking with investor-friendly agents will be a game-changer, and leaning on your uncle’s brokerage is solid too.Happy to connect and chat!

You can lean on them, ask questions, and figure out things so much faster.

If you're capable of that, lean in on the great location.

Being someone that appreciates structure and convenience, after some research I decided to join sub to and shorten my learning curve as much as I could.

I would probably lean towards a loan against the 401k, but not liquidating it. 

I've thought about property mgmt. but I'm having a problem deciding on whether or not giving up 10% of gross income to cover the cost of mgmt. is worth more than convenience of improving the proximity of another location closer to my primary and easier to continue managing myself.  

However, we believe there is a more reliable and convenient experience out there to be built for landlords.

Do you know how to do lean releases in your area? 

Downtown str's have done well and it's convenient to the front gate of NAS Pensacola but you could also consider near the beaches of Perdido Key since that is convenient to the back gate and it's a more traditional tourist destination.