I'm looking at buying some vacant land in the southwest, which I've never done before.I'm surprised to see some of this land sounds pretty cheap, like $2,500 for 10 acres in the wastelands of New Mexico for example.

I had to join in New Mexico simply to be allowed to access the MLS.  

For now I am saying hello from New Mexico.

I'm an investor doing rehabs in Colorado & New Mexico, currently hanging out in Santa Fe.  

I'm based in Denver but I love New Mexico and am starting to dabble down there.

I think it's important to play by the rules and don't take issue with taxation (Hawaii, New Mexico, and many other places see great Airbnb & VRBO success with those fees), but if there's a legit way to play around the rules that's something worth looking at too.

I work on a ship in the Gulf of Mexico in the oil industry.

That will depend on your location, for example in New Mexico they don't make sales info public so if you don't have MLS access it's hard to pull comps and you don't know what the owner paid or what they owe on the property which is important info when you're negotiating.

but this is new mexico, so its a possibility.  

Hey @Shane Woods I live in Denver and spend a fair amount of leisure time in New Mexico.