I'm interested to learn more if you have the time?

Also learning from history there's no seasonality factor except when there's Ironman, the price tripled. 

Good learning lesson!

Instead, I'm interested in gaining experience and learning from your expertise.

When we bought a house we were first time home buyer, so we didnt have a lot of knowldge, and we didnt know how to negotiate. ( Realtor didnt really help to negotiate, and lessson learned. ) We don't have a lot of equity in it. 

I am 24 and have time to learn and give myself the best shot possible. 

Before making any investments, spend some time learning about real estate investment.

Best of luck on your learning and investing journey! 

I’m still in the learning phase of real estate investing.

Thanks to plenty of smart people here on BiggerPockets, I have learned that it may be possible to offset a portion of this unexpected higher W-2 income with the purchase and "active management" of a STR.