Being a realtor as a real estate investor is not required, but can provide a massive advantage if leveraged properly. 

Spend time educating yourself then take massive action to get the most resultsGet clarity with your goals and your purpose.

It's reflective of the city's 1980's land use code, the restrictive elements therein, the complexity of getting permits and the massive growth that has occurred over decades. 

Most hotel owners know once there is consumer confidence with a vaccine, there is going to be a massive surge of travel so even owners with distressed assets are trying to keep them alive because unlike the GFC in 2008, there seems to be a more clear end to this recession.

If anything the massive divide will continue to be emphasized and magnified. 

The inventory shortage for affordable housing was massive before the virus.

Not to mention a massive pain.Any owners in other markets have this going on with incessant lead inspections?

There is a convergence of people being willing to live in smaller/alternative living situations (new generation) and the technology to make it happen (smart homes are here but alternative building techniques have been slow to catch on due to outdates building codes- but the technology is there) I think we are going to see some massive shifts in the next 20 years.

I want to do long distance though which may be a massive hurtle.

Either there will be a crash or some massive inflation soon.