I'm super green so please guide me anywhere you see I'm planning wrong or mis-stepping. 

@Jonathan Greene So are you saying we should just give up?

Also David Green is with KW. 

There are a bunch of resources out there that will assist you, like David Greene's book "Long Distance Real Estate Investing" which can be found on this site under the bookstore.

I’m reading the BRRRR book by David Greene.. and it’s really confusing me.

I would start with the book Long-Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene to learn the team and systems to put in place to have long distance investing, then dial in on the additional members of a team you would need to to run a STR. 

For example, David Greene BRRRR would be a solid next choice.

Try reading David Greene's book on out of state investing.

When choosing goals, the mantra is to choose achievable goals but I'm so green, I don't even know if a goal is achievable or not.

I don't like keeping the rent flat because at some point you will have this tenant you love but the expenses are going up and you need to raise the rent and when you try to do this on year three it's like you just told the tenant the sky is green.