:DI'm a brand new, aspiring real estate investor, and I'm super excited about the path that lies ahead!

However, once my family member moves on, I plan on doing a 1031 exchange and getting out of fire country. 

Some I like include The Hands-Off Investor by Brian Burke, The ABCs of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy, The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller, Tax-Free Wealth by Tom Wheelwright, What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow by Frank Gallinelli, Emerging Real Estate Markets by Dave Lindahl, Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing by Michael Blank, The Perfect Investment by Paul Moore, and many others.If you want to talk more about your path, feel free to contact me.

We are starting our journey in RE investing and we do not know which path to go:1.

I am mainly looking to switch career paths (currently in corporate finance), as I would love to get into the Real Estate industry in the Boston, MA area as an investment/operations analyst.

I thought JVs might be a path forward. 

Your affective rent in inflation adjusted money is significantly less than it was 10 years ago.Your tenants have likely gotten raises and are making significantly more than they were making 10 years ago.I am not trying to indicate that your path is not appropriate for you as much as showing you the numbers in case you have not done the calculations and giving you some things to think about.Good luck

I plan on leaving the country in a month or so for about 9 months, so I couldn't do AirBnb myself, but I have looked into a property manager.How would you compare a full service STR property manager with just leasing it to and experienced AirBnb sub leaser?

Let your current renter know by correct legal path.

And these can change over time, no worries, it's just got to be something to get you started on your path.