You have to use leverage to scale you're business.

In March I rented and furnished a 4 bedroom home in Hyattsville, MD for STR and it's doing well so far with 21 nights booked since listing on March 18. I'm looking to basically rinse and repeat. But I don't have the b...

Yes, but the travel must only be used for business purposes.

If you are in small towns that are growing you will be an ally to the community development office as most are always complaining about available housing for business they are trying to bring into town.

Have any of you tried using automation in your rental business? 

This is the reality more times than not and buying  in a market with a good thesis as to why it will appreciate is more likely to  lead to "financial freedom" as you put it.

Welcome Max, Biggerpockets is a great place to get your business started! 

It's part of the business and you should expect it.2.

Looking to start a gator lending business and live in NYC.

Thank you,I'm new to this type of investing (more familiar with buying businesses) so I'm cobbling together information from brokers, chatGPT and everything in between to figure out what I need to (at reasonable cost while controlling risk profile) complete an acquisition.Facility is in rural Kansas, and is composed of a portfolio of 4 buildings on 3 parcels. 195 unit count - ~10 years old on average, some are newer (2 years) others older (15+ years)I'm trying to learn what I should watch out for in the process and what studies will be needed to get a good level of comfort before acquiring the facilities