Full time happens with 100+ units and often you see people scale a business on the side, like PM, construction or something unrelated like a resort in Costa Rica ;-) I am no different - I "retired" from my corporate career in 2015 and quickly realized that I can only watch so much daytime TV. 

Thanks in advance for your feedback.Heather M.Why do all inexperienced wanna be business owners think doing what everyone else is doing is going to be profitable? 

One strategy that has worked well here on the coast is mixed usage plexes or combo of LTR, MTR, STR. 

I use QBO for my portfolios as well (been investing since early 2019).As long as QBO is set up correctly by someone or a firm that understands what's needed for an REI business it works great (better than the REI-specific software in my opinion).I'm happy to discuss in more detail if you'd like.Here to help!

Not if your strategy is long term buy and hold.

I’m eager to expand my network and forge profitable, long-term business relationships.

Make sure that strategy fits into your investing time horizon and goals and makes sense from a return perspective. 

Since it sounds like just a handful of locations, I would experiment with some repair strategies.

Not entirely sure what avenue of real estate investing I want to take yet so I've been reading lots of books on the different strategies.

^_^If you are going to start with house hacking, I recommend reading "Set For Life" by Scott Trench or "The House Hacking Strategy" by Craig Curelop.