If you want to stay in it, you'll have to treat it like a job and put in the time to learn the tricks of the trade and hussle.But therein also lies the potential. 

We find that the value is better in those cities, and if they are large enough to have at least a couple of good PMs in town along with good trades people, we prefer those towns.  

You could sell it and invest the money into forex Trading which I would recommend, I just receive another trading profit of $3,265 within 72hours indeed i must say binary/forex trading is a very profitable platform @Audra Luther

I didn’t want to be swinging the hammers myself on this one.

I would look into investing in publicly traded REIT’s if I were you.

A syndicated investment for the purpose of conducing a trade or business would create UBTI on that trade or business income. 

I typically get paid for the time I’ve invested in learning this trade and the services I provide, just the same as you do in your field.

A re-trade is a tool and sometimes it can't be avoided.

The trade off is pretty simple: how much of your time do you want to give up on the learning curve of STR management, the tenant headaches, scheduling repairs/cleaning, etc. 

They also have their own trading desk and sell to their community.I don't have a problem with their business model as long as everything is disclosed and investors know the risks upfront.