I would recommend reaching out to the brokerages and see if you can do a presentation at their team meeting.

I’m part of the Rob Lawrence Team, an investor-focused real estate team based in South Eastern PA.

If not I wouldn't bother selling as there is an incredible amount of money lost in buying and selling properties, so you have to make sure you have a plan to maximize the equity and actually have enough. 

Since you'll be investing out of state, establishing a good team will be crucial.

People get lost in too many words I think....Go with the strongest feature.

Being out of state, I would suggest vetting your "team", meaning find an investor realtor, lender/s (hard $ / long term), property manager, contractors, etc.

Getting the system/team in place will be key once you start to scale with STR in your market.

They often have different vendors introduce themselves so you can build your team and they often have a local member do a case study on one of their properties to share the ins, outs, ups, and downs of the investment.

I lost over $20k in opportunity costs while my money was tied up (important lesson learned but wouldn't fit below)Lessons learned?

I am cross eyed by all the FB and Instagram gurus but one or two seem to be legit and I absolutely want a mentor and a team.