The question I’ve never seen answered is if a regional will really hire you if you have paid for all of your time and have no professional experience?
I realize that regionals aren’t exactly in a place to be picky right now, but I have a feeling most would really not like to hire someone who has 1200+ hours of rental and safety pilot time. Sounds like a training failure waiting to happen and there are still plenty of 1000-1500 hour CFIs out there they can hire.
Honestly why not CFI and then build some extra time on the side with your CFI buddies? Me and a fellow CFI are doing that to stay more current with instruments and get the extra night and XC time that doesn’t build so quick teaching primary students. Gets us an extra 10-15 hours per month.