Hey David -  Networking with investor friendly agents can be a game changer for sourcing deals, especially when it comes to distressed properties and/or pocket listings.

Use next 4-6 months to learn by listening, reading and watching how the real estate investment game works.

That way you’ve got some skin in the game, and the tenants will be less likely to protest that the other tenants are using more electricity or gas.

I would guess that you have little or no experience running any kind of STR, and now want to get that experience on the back of someone else's investment, with little or no personal skin in the game, and that's not a good way to build an investment portfolio.

I own a property management company and am looking to get into the investment game too and to meet people on a similar path.

So you will need to have skin in the game.

If you rent that out without a true Certificate of Occupancy, a tenant can sue you for ALL of their rent money back. 

Glad you enjoyed even if your end game is different. 

It felt like a dream come true—until I moved in and discovered a flooded toilet in my unit that didn't come up in the inspection.

Rather, they are four former commercial real estate brokers, with one of them also an attorney in their 60s or 70s that have a true hands-on style of mentoring.