People lost court cases when they tried to deduct short-term rental losses while being totally hands-off.

I was trying maybe to find local GC's in the area to work for to get more hands on experience. or throw myself in the ocean and figure out on my own.

Most traffic will be on Zillow or MLS.I would try Zillow first, if not enough interest I would do a flat fee MLS listing.FB groups national and local for STR's would be another free place to advertise.

The owner owns it free and clear and it's managed by a local property manager.

I put a roommate in each one of the rooms so I was essentially living there for free.

On the other hand, if you have a lower budget, let’s say $100-$150k.

Feel free to shoot me a email (address in sig) and I can get those over to you...

I have heard so many stories just like this from people who have purchased from turnkey companies.The refi is one way, but you'd have to have a big rate cut to free up $450 (unless this is a high-priced property).

Just completed a Free BRRRR last month in Monroe. 

In the other hand Superhostlabs still running under the new company techvestor (this is the designing and property beautification arm of the company).