Albuquerque is home to Sandia National Labs, Kirtland Air Force Base, the University of NM, Presbyterian Health Care, Abq Public Schools, Amazon, Netflix, Intel, HP, T-Mobile, several large call centers, among many others.

Where would be the best place to buy a condo that would be used for short term rentals such air bnb or vrbo??

Granted that is a Business, but it was still preferable for us and the seller.Get in with low payments then as you stabilize and grow the payments do to but you aren't scrambling in the beginning making high pressured decisions. 

That generally means going where housing is still relatively cheap, holding costs such as taxes and insurance are relatively cheap, and there is a lot of upward pressure on the housing market. 

These machines would likely cost millions of dollars, and it is unlikely they could handle the more intricate tasks of finishing the houses… think carpet, showers, stoves, air conditioners, garage doors and their openers, screened porches, and the list goes on.Just my 2 cents All the best!

But those types of numbers are typically in the 'rarified air' of institutional investors that are looking to park $100 million for some low rate of return.  

Will be listing at $425k, we are looking to upgrade to lakefront.Here’s my air BnB listing for some pictures https://abnb.me/lggVYb60xvb

An AFCI  device senses the delta between power and in neutral in an attempt to detect an arc that's bridging air space.Most AHJ'S here now require pretty much every circuit to use a AFCI/GFCI combo breaker.Those retail circuit seekers (tracers) from the retailers aren't very good, a good budget one is north of$500, good one's are $1500-$3k

They have a powerful incentive - $50-$100K per year in fees on a 1-2% AUM fee is enough to make them really pressure you into making a decision immediately in working with them. 

you can get a mallet that helps get the air bubbles out and keep things level.