It is aweome living in Idaho, and sounds like you have had a lot of great memories and experiences here.

Both options have pros and cons, and the right choice depends on your lifestyle, experience, and long-term goals.

There are many HMLs that will finance new construction, but much of it is based on your experience, credit score, and the expected sale price.

Often it's not so much someone with real estate experience that seasoned investors are looking for so much as it someone who can take other tasks off our plates.

Quote from @Shaun Ortiz: Hi Jason,Thanks for sharing your journey—it sounds like you’ve gained some invaluable insights from your experiences, even with the squirrel tenants (that’s definitely a story!).

I'm curious to dive deeper into the Santa Fe market and would love to learn from those with local experience.

Once youve got a few months of experience and everything is stable, start looking for the next one.

Please summarize your real estate experience. 

There's obviously quite a bit of diligence that comes after such as who the key principles are and their credentials/track record (both balance sheet and experience), the underlying real estate and thesis behind the investment & tax prep and audit procedures but as a general rule of thumb if the investor can't get past the first part which is understanding what they are investing in, passive investing is probably not for that individual. 

Quote from @Kyle Kline: Hello,I am curious if anybody has experience using short note investing to raise funds for an investment property down payment.