The tables have turned.

There's no one size fits all approach to real estate investing and depending on your resources, skill set, and capabilities you may excel in one particular market or utilizing a specific strategy whereas another investor will excel using a different approach.  

@Ramada Evans yes that is all on you....you can go directly on airbnb/vrbo and do a search by the enemy method for houses that are similar to yours in size and bedroom/bathroom. 

Since house hacking is off the table, focus on building a network in those areas—agents, property managers, and contractors are key.

Berkadia, CBRE, Cushman all have capital markets teams that can help with loan products of this size.  

Certainly, I know there are many steps and learning to get to that long-term goal.or Investing in apartments starting with small to medium size and with time, experience, and partners to get to large apartments.Which have you found to give you a good balance of time btw investing and family?

.$24.99 Zinus 1.5" memory foam topper Queen size - https://www.amazon.com/Cooling-Mattress-Airflow-CertiPUR-US-...We have these in our rental and they have been great.

MAYBE, if you live in the town, and are VERY handy, and open an appliance, hvac, roofing company and are willing to travel to the 30 closest cities (since you won’t be profitable even if you get all the business in a city that size.) then maybe you’d do ok.

If the office is disorganized, their processes likely are, too.Other ConsiderationsExperience: Choose medium-sized firms—they balance resources and personal attention better than large or small firms.Fees: you cannot afford a discount property manager.

If it's newer than 1973 for a property this size, he recommended checking out Farmers Insurance.