After talking to a few local real estate investors that I aspire to work with in the near future and considering your response as well I am leaning more towards minimizing some of my student loans but not all of them.

I definitely was not a fan of the short term rental model.

A mentor should be a role model!

Are you able to trade it in and get an older model with no monthly payment, This is something to consider.I have never heard of someones age hurting them in real estate in regards to obtaining a loan.I highly recommend house hacking and you have a great credit score so you could utilize a FHA loan (low down payment) on a duplex or a single family home and rent out the additional rooms.You need to do ample research before embarking on this however.

What questions do you need to ask to make sure they will be able to provide services to aspiring real estate investors?

@Chris Slater yes, most realtors aren't investors and don't understand the business model.

Great to see you aspiring to invest in real estate and wanting to make a full time living out of it.

So if you model one of your own, do it after the TAR form.

The billing model incentives are counter to the best interest of the property owner; There is a financial incentive for property managers to churn units rather than address tenant problems.Most of the "professionally managed" properties I look at to buy are not nearly as well maintained as owner operated buildings and the work is shoddy.

If you look st the model of supply and demand.