You must learn to manage the property well.

If you want to be mentored your best bet is to go work for a company - most CRE is not a single individual and CRE is fast moving and things happen fast and you can't structure a "follow me to learn" without working for someone 

Lessons learned?

Any lessons learned or tips you can share?

Hello, I just completed the Multfamily boot camp and I learned the importance of partnerships.

Now for some nice winter shots then schedule for summer so you can add them as well.

All good reading and listening, education is best and if you want to learn you have to ingest as much information as possible.I read many books that helped me, but my go-to is listeining to at least 2hrs of podcast with real examples per day.One very important things that "want-to-be" fails is to understand that real estate has many different specialities, so you have to focus your time in your real project.

Learning to manage locally is trial by fire. 

@Stephanie SelbyRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Look at the article here: https://www.uhaul.com/Articles/About/U-Haul-Growth-Metros-An...If your interested in learning more why I invest here in the DFW area feel free to reach out directly to me.