David Bitton, Other than the marketing issue for the STR is there anything else about our use case that I should be concerned with? 

Bandon- Very limited new inventory to market that is eligible for nightly rental usages.

KC is a great spot to invest in with a growing market, growing jobs, and low cost of living. 

https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/al/or...

The reason for this is because there is a possibility for interest rates to expand and/or market conditions to soften.

That will limit the amount of time the property could be off the market IF the buyer doesn't like the inspection.Lastly, get a satisfactory amount of earnest money deposit on that contract.

You sorted out market and zip code that has positive appreciation2.

Seems unlikely to me but you are most likely better off investing your $60k into other markets if you can't house hack.

Planning to do on-market deals, talk to real estate agents.Don't really know how the contracts work, where to get them, or what to put on them.

Currently, we have them in a money market savings account, but I believe there are better options out there that offer higher returns while still being liquid and low-risk.I'd love to hear from other operators:Where do you park your reserve funds?