I just worry sometimes when I see too much gung ho... and maybe not enough practicality, so I try to step up and offer a little advice from my 7 years in the business.

Airbnb is not our business. 

Now more than ever, I am seeing offers required to be submitted through a portal where the listing agents want no business being involved with up front negotiations.

Keep personal and business finances separate to create less headache.You should also do the following to make your bookkeeping easier:- File all receipts in a dedicated Google Drive folder.

You rent it for one year and create a successful STR business that shows a trailing 12 month net income of $75,000.  

California needs businesses to start putting a lot of pressure on it.

My mortgage will be $2,005/month, and I’m budgeting up to $600/month for utilities, leaving a potential monthly cash flow of $995.I also set up an LLC and a business account to track rental income and expenses.Questions:Do you have any advice for me as a young real estate investor?

Albuquerque is already such a wonderful place to live and do business so I am all for anything that will make it even better.  

The purpose of any business is to grow. 

Having before & after pictures is a string tool when dealing with HMLs and real estate agents to gain business.