@Melanie Hernandez two questions to ask are: can you effectively and profitably run a STR business giving your guests a wonderful experience and can you provide value to and mitigate risk for your property owner?

They then suggested a WY LLC instead.

Some good suggestions already above.

If you’re not using a PM (I’d suggest getting one.) then I wonder if there aren’t business that specialize in moving out tenants.

Would you suggest I find deals first?

Now with the rising cost in electricity over the coming years, I wonder if this is a good investment for myself and my home. 

I would strongly suggest a true independent broker rather than Goosehead.  

Just tout how wonderful it is, without alluding to its history. 

We as a firm have investors working with us who have rental properties all over the US big and small.Finding a real estate-focused tax professional and one who can help with advisory and grow with you would be my suggestion to focus your efforts on finding.

I’m curious your thoughts on this aspect of multi family, at least in my market & I think this is relatively true thoughout the country, most small multi family tends to be in the city and for the most part in frankly not greats areas of the city (could do a whole nother post on this history of zoning) as cities decline & specifically c & d class areas seem to being hit extremely hard, I wonder if small multi falls into this strange gap where it’s not really profitable for investors but is increasingly unappealing for owner occupants, house hacking types?