House HackAttend as many REI meetups as you can to grow your network of investors for referrals, help through challenges you may incur but don't have experience with, and learn from proven guest speakersNetworking app like blinq to compile all of your contacts for REI in one area with phone and emailbegin conversations with local credit unions exploring what type of loan products they offer

You can generally go up to 75% LTV on these products so long as the anticipated PITI is 1:1 with the gross rent.

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

With an LLC, you may be able to deduct business expenses more effectively and avoid double taxation.

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.

You can put your license in referral at most brokerages and pay no fees and still be able to do referral business.

Thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to post this. 

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

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?

There ya go, that's productive vengeance.