You want a lockbox anyway in case of emergency or vacancy.

-Pool Maintenance (monthly maintenance check-ups and on-call service for emergencies)-Home Cleaners (familiar with scheduling process on STRs)-Photographers (experience in STR photography, aerial capabilities)-Handyman/Contractors (small repairs/updates, on-call service for emergencies)Open to any and all recommendations, thanks all!

Or do you want to own one of the first hotels in an emerging market? 

With loan origination fees I am paying the difference of $46K out of pocket which took me almost 2 yrs to save up for.I am deploying my cash savings of the remainder to close on the home which has me exposed for current emergencies or worst case scenario I have to divest stock positions form my Roth or 401k I didn't plan to for the next 5-10 yrs, which I don't want to do.  

Now that you have "something to lose" - get your bases covered (pay off debt, get a place to live, have an adequate emergency fund, etc) and diversify a little bit.

Recovering or replacing an existing roof covering shall not be required to meet the requirement for secondary (emergency overflow) drains or scuppers in Section 1503.4 for roofs that provide for positive roof drainage.

This is what you do for an emergency.

The more you do this the more about investing you'll learn and the more you'll better understand if you've picked the right strategy or if you want to pivot.I don't think this will be an issue for you, but also be sure to keep a healthy emergency fund in case things go wrong.

Here's very broadly what I'm thinking:Gross Monthly Cash Flow - $10,000After Tax Cash Flow - $8,500Housing Allowance - $2,000Health Insurance - $1,000Regular Expenses - $3,000Cushion for personal emergencies, rental catastrophes or reinvestment - $2,500So far, our 13 units brings us about 1/3 of the way there.  

See code below.IRC CodeSECTION R310 EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENINGSR310.1 Emergency escape and rescue opening required.Basements, habitable attics and every sleeping room shall have not less than one operable emergency escape and rescue opening.