If you are looking to work with a STR focused realtor that probably has the most STR sales in the area, is an STR investor himself, has a STR property management company and assists with staging if needed, and can give you a true pulse on the market, I recommend reaching out to @Josh Green.

The only people that are going to tell you you're going to clean up are PMs and RE agents.

Note: Our initial goals are to wholesale to build immediate working capital (targeting $150k) and hold for cash-flow to build 10k/mo FCF (free cash-flow).We have made some cash buyer connections, identified and underwritten potential deals on hundreds of current deals, and developed professional relationships in our target community (cleaning, construction, governmental). 

@Cameron Green offering seller financing seems counterintuitive to scaling.

I rent STR mostly through airbnb which acts as a rental manager and I have an assistant that I personally hired to flip/clean the units and also on site for renovations.

I would generally agree with the other posts from @Jonathan Greene, @Drew Sygit, and @Danny Gonzalez, and @Caleb Brown, but something I think would be helpful for you would be to share the profile of a type of property, price point, and the amount of rehab you're willing to do (given your mention of S8 properties) that you are interested in acquiring.

Get your credit cleaned up, ditch the car payment and find a side hustle to grow capital. 

Any insight @Josh Green? 

Following dinner my partner and I went to tend to a B&B guest and one of the friends “cleaned up dinner”.

All your accountant cares about is seeing a clean profit and loss statement.