I feel comfortable with the Twentynine palms area and Joshua Tree area as they seem to have good established regulations in place and being close to my home town of Las Vegas I am used to desert styles of properties and have contacts at lease kind of close.  

It really depends on how comfortable you are.

I am more comfortable doing this than houses.

So… I need to hear how you creative minds would approach this situation to maximize my equity. 

Many LTR investors jump into STR thinking they can automate their way out of guest engagement/experience, while failing to understand that the difference between a luxe Westin and basic Comfort Inn is that guest engagement/experience.

We've honed our processes to maximize operational efficiency in our city.  

If an agent is competent, they should be comfortable the client will be happy with the service and won't cancel.

I would pick the area that you feel most comfortable doing work or that you know the most people that you can easily hire and trust and start BRRRRing.

To begin with, being a buyer's agent on a team that already generates leads will allow you to get comfortable showing property and looking for the ins and outs of buying RE. but when you bring buyers "to" the team and then need to go off on shift, your other team members can assist you with your clients.

I'm very flexible in my living situation as I was housesitting while being nomadic for 2 years and now live with two roommates, so I'm definitely comfortable in shared, unpredictable, and unconventional circumstances.