There's many other options in real estate such as syndication and note investing depending on your level of involvement. 

For context, downtown Alexandria performs super well as a rental market and bringing in $5.5k+ as the monthly rental income if you choose to move out of the househack in the future will be absolutely feasible (depending on the property of course).

Buy 1 or 2  house close to your home or at least someone what close depending on numbers. 

It can range from simple touch-ups to more extensive setups, depending on your needs and budget.How Does It Help Me Sell My House?

@Chris Clothier well saidthe answer is almost always "it depends"is your LP an opportunist or not, what's their risk profile, what returns are they looking for?

It depends on the type of lender, the broker is using.If a broker is using a wholesale lender, they make their money on the back end side.

My view it’s that it’s always better building a brand rather then focussing purely on the aggregators (whether Airbnb or otherwise) but it would depend on your objectives as an investor/operator of your own spaces. 

You may decide not to deliver a legal notice right away depending on the violation, but when you know you are dealing with a problem tenant, go straight to the legal notice requirements, and if the tenant still doesn't comply, evict. 

Market might be competitive but there is angles to stand out depending on what you are comfortable and able to handle, such as waiving an appraisal contingency, limitng inspection rights and time frames, closing time frames, allowing seller to stay-post closing, taking on difficult tenants, buying properties that might need repairs, etc.

Great idea(s) depending on your market.