Be in walking properties for them, helping them with self management, joining their brokerage and providing them value in the form of commissions.

I asked my property manager when she could start marketing the property for a new tenant.

And he has a management team in place managing his other properties in the area. 

Unless the REALTOR is listing and managing your rental, the use of the TAR is still verboten correct?

What you need to do is get a property and some experience managing it to see if this is the right business for you.I would not wait until graduation.

Due to distance, I'd be factoring in a property manager as well.

She managed the real estate properties that my parents hold.

Moving forward--have full photo documentation of the damages and estimates to repair, and have the manager tell the tenants if they cannot pay in full or with weekly payments, (scheduled to be paid off in full BEFORE the last month of the lease) the management company will move forward with legal action.  

Very good resource for getting set up with STR property managers, cleaning services, realtors, lenders, etc. https://www.getchalet.com/

This was my first time managing a rental so I had the opportunity to learn tools such as Stessa, Rent Redi, Short Term Rental Management and Mid-Term Rental management.