Any seasoned agents here with golden advice on acing the NC pre-licensing exam and kickstarting a successful real estate career?

The most similar thing to your idea is dreamcatcher hostel in Golden, BC Canada.

From a speculative play Waterloo and Golden Horseshoe area probably a safe bet long term simply due to big tech being so close

They need permits for every little thing while SFR's with ADUs seem to be the golden ticket.

I would say if you can survive on current occupancy you'll be golden.

House hacking was my golden ticket into an expensive market.

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Other than that you are pretty much golden.

@Genna Golden went down to Arizona for a 3 day course then a year online with them.

If the PITI is still low enough for the property to cash flow significantly (by that investor's standards), you're golden.