We’re buying our first rental property and planned to rent it out but we really think with its location and home style it would make a great Airbnb (even if we don’t do that now, we’d like to eventually).

I explored a mastermind for short term rental management and they wanted to charge $15,000 to teach basically everything I had already learned on my own from managing my own Airbnb and from online sources/books.

I want to know if it's possible to teach an incredible assistant how I manage my properties and let them almost act as the manager.

Wholesaling (the right way) will teach you how to find off market dealsHow to negotiate with sellers,Understand seller objections (so you can become a better negotiator)How to read write and understand contractsHow to find ARVsHow to find cost of repairsUnderstand how to flip (as you are dealing with cash buyers that flip)How to do Buy and holds, (as you deal with buyers that do buy and holdsHow to do marketing (you are a marketer, not a wholesaler)How to be awesome, smart and extremely good looking (because you are reading my post, thus connected to me in some shape or form, thus my sexiness will rub off on you.THAT alone is worth doing wholesaling!

During these good times, he learned to SCUBA dive, which he missed more and more in his later life, and even helped teach classes.

I am not pitching my services (although a lot of you confuse giving plain and simple value for no other reason than giving value, with pitching a sale's pitch).I simply give advice, guide people, teach and help.

And, these companies won't take your business if they know that the asset is too small to support payroll - they don't want to rediscover the wheel every time, hence, institutional.Now, if the property is small and cannot reasonably support institutional style of management, then you are left with the same people that manage single-family.

Any suggestions on good areas to focus on or people who can teach?

Do what works best for your own style, while also complying with state laws.

I'm honed in on some markets, with Ocala / Marion County / I-75 corridor being one of them.I'm ideally looking at 2-4 unit MF, BRRR-style, C+ neighborhood opportunities.