If it were one of my tenants I would put in enough window units to keep the house comfortable.

I BRRRR into my next property and the attached HELOC provides me with a great source of flexible capital.

Assess if you have enough time for tasks like tenant screening and maintenance.Expertise: Professional managers know landlord-tenant laws and property maintenance best practices.Cost vs. benefit: Weigh management fees against potential savings and efficiencies professionals might offer.Property location: Distance from your home to the property matters.Number of units: More properties increase management complexity.Stress tolerance: Consider your comfort level with tenant interactions and problem-solving.Long-term goals: Professional management can free you to focus on expanding your real estate portfolio.

You can build a solid team if you start by finding an investment focused realtor who sources deals and has a large network to provide you with.

My goal is to capitalize on those unfulfilled niches and develop strategies that provide maximum benefits to both the lender and the borrower. 

Simply providing information pertaining to legalities.

As an investor myself, I'm constantly on the hunt for coastal value (hence our most recent Mexico STR and coastal Oregon since 2018) and having lived in many of the most desire-able coastal cities like Ft Lauderdale FL and Venice Beach CA, I'm convinced the Oregon Coast provides some of the strongest relative coastal value and particularly oceanfront property in the continental US. 

A 5 plex vs 13 plex can have considerable financing considerations.. a strategic mortgage partner will be critical to answering some upfront questions to provide a property search framework. 

I feel like renting out multifamily is what I may be looking for with this, if done right can give me cash flow, I can hire a property manager at some point and I am friends with a lot of home improvement companies, and I could either use some money I have saved up to put a down payment or home equity loan for some % I am comfortable with and pay both off as fast as I can and repeat.

Any direction you can provide to locate deals, and advice on the area in general would be greatly appreciated.