Hope I haven't shot myself in the foot by giving out the location but I'm thinking you all have bigger fish to fry anyway, lol! 

I'm learning by listening to BP podcast and reading some of the blogs and forums and would love to learn more from BP community. 

And by fabulous, I mean their communication is ON POINT about everything, and I'm grateful.

See if you can get a copy of The Millionnaire Real Estate Investor by Keller.The Slight Edge and Atomic Habits too.Awesome board with many smart people having own suggestions and ideas to grow wealth!!

Does anyone have a go by?

Learn by doing—start small and grow your experience as you go.By applying these strategies, I’ve been able to build a 28-unit rental portfolio.

Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction2.

Have you tried STR by the room?

So if that's your goal in the near future, you should start off by just managing it yourself.  

We bought a house and paid cash for it, forced some value into by adding over 1800 square feet onto it with very little cost due to an addition that was already started prior, and updated the house built in the 80's.