When we bought a house we were first time home buyer, so we didnt have a lot of knowldge, and we didnt know how to negotiate. ( Realtor didnt really help to negotiate, and lessson learned. ) We don't have a lot of equity in it. 

At the moment I am in the process of funding my 3rd project with them since April and have been very happy with their whole team.

I’m still in the learning phase of real estate investing.

Before making any investments, spend some time learning about real estate investment.

I'm interested to learn more if you have the time?

Also learning from history there's no seasonality factor except when there's Ironman, the price tripled. 

Thanks to plenty of smart people here on BiggerPockets, I have learned that it may be possible to offset a portion of this unexpected higher W-2 income with the purchase and "active management" of a STR. 

Learned so much!

My short-term goals are to purchase one property a year for the next 3-5 years through house hacking but I am also interested in learning about and pursuing other strategies in real estate investing.

Theyre refusing to let me back out and their customer service team is a joke.