Comparable rents are $3,500-$4,000Do I short-term (Airbnb) due to my close proximity to year round destinations like Disneyland, Beaches, SoCal?

You could add some photos of the nearby destination: -High Point Regional Hospital-IHFC/Furniture Market-High Point University-Piedmont Triad International Airport-downtown Greensboro

On bigger pockets do people ever form long term relationships of investment, or partnerships whereby someone who has money they want to invest would seek someone on the forums who has luxury short term rental experience ownership and management 3+ yrs, looking to expand over 10 years of management and financial experience in a top 10 Forbes destination location here in the United States...

It's not destined to be a rental, it was always intended to be a flip. 

Forestville is a bit of a "stop for a snack" kind of place on your way to Bodega Bay or Guerneville rather than a destination. 

It is the #1 destination for real estate, bar none.As agents we collectively gave them that power, in the early days if the MLS was smart they would of been the zillow of today. but with all the infighting, gross duplication of efforts, protected profits and sheer shortsightedness on the MLS's part if they made a national MLS it would of been a different story and agents would have continued the monopoly [good or bad depending on your stance].

We are in the 30A area between Panama City Beach and Destin.  

Great place to live, nice communities and a hot tourist destination.

The destination of the direction I was going was not a bad one, however, some of my life goals (home ownership (X many), a yard for my unborn kids, laundry in my own unit, passive income to go to my unborn kid's field trips on a whim...) were just too far out of striking range within my preferred timeline.

And for someone with very little to no funds to actually invest, on-paper cash flowing properties is their only route and the only one that somehow justifies purchasing sub 50k properties renting for $500/mo which are otherwise destined to fail.