I would suggest the turnkey option for you starting out, and when you get comfortable and know the area maybe switch to the BRRRR strategy.  

Depends on your comfort with investing across large geographic areas and marketing budget/strategy. 

I am still a rookie looking for my first deal, with hopes I can bring comfortability for other potential investments.

I feel comfortable with running and managing an entire project. 

If you're comfortable and confident that you're able to cover the expenses in the event something happens  then I would say, Go for it. :)  Do you have your financing in place? 

At the end of the day, if you're comfortable with a STR and you're confident it will cash flow, then I would say go for it.

Some people just hand him a shoe box of receipts, haha.If you didn't understand everything I said in this post, I would highly recommend a tax professional for your first year at least.

The basics are: From the comfort of your home you cold call, build rapport, and lock deals over the phone. 

If you need to you can add a shoe mold to cover up the gap at the bottom.

Some people’s comfort zone is in having a rental that is renovated and in an area that may have high demand and consistently better looking neighborhoods.I have rentals in Taylorsville and Murray and enjoy those areas.