Currently, I live in Encinitas, CA but plan on relocating to Santa Fe to stand this investment property up and work through renovations, etc.I'd be incredibly interested and grateful for your insights into the Santa Fe market.  

One of the best things you can invest in yourself as an agent is learning sales skills and how to close.

Plan your exit.Will you stay a year, refinance, keep it as a long term rental, or use it to move into your next property.

Recently asked by a friend how to find the best target area for investment. 

Investment Info:Single-family residence renovation investment.Purchase price: $80,000Cash invested: $55,000Sale price: $374,900Contributors:Peter VekselmanPartner Driven partnered with Jason Arguelles to renovate and transform a distressed home on Republic St in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Come up with a plan (and it can change over time-most good ones do). 

That’s where smart tax planning really helps.

@Stephanie Cortez As RE investing gets more complex and cities like Philly are getting tougher, the savvy investors are doing well and buying up opportunities, the newer investors are often stumbling through their first acquisitions and learning the hard way how resilient they are (or are not) and the folks in the middle are hopefully working on getting smarter and more careful about everything - vetting tenants better, being smart about renovations and maintenance, exploring alternate strategies when necessary. 

Holding properties longer than originally planned is also becoming common to ride out uncertainty and avoid selling at a loss.For us, the Club has been a way to hedge against these challenges.

In commercial real estate, apartment investing, there are not.