Therefore, it's time to utilize the limited time I have to accelerate this process as quickly as possible without burning out or failing.

The deal was so good we bought 3 penthouse units and instantly made 200,000 on each unit if we decided to flip them.

Be aware, you're going to burn through handymen pretty fast.

I've seen a lot of investors burned this way.

You don't always have to build a potato tree house with pillows filled with instant potato mix to stand out. :)

Standalone brick and mortars like compass are the ones that are burning through money and taking it from the agent and customer

What it seems like you are doing right now is stretching and rushing.You have a good nest egg for your annual salary, you don't want to burn that all and have to wait a few years to build it back up again.

If a STR has a typical homeowner's policy and just Aircover, and the property burns or a tree falls on the home, it will not be covered at all because it was operating as a business under a homeowner's policy.  

We just try to build a safe happy life knowing it could be gone in an instant.

I think house hacking is the easiest way to build wealth over time and I would hate to see you get burned out on a riskier investing strategy before you get started