Hamrick and I look forward to many more years of unique, interesting, and profitable investments with you and your fine team of real estate investment specialists. 

With so many banks to choose from and me already doing thorough research, I was hoping someone had a personal good experience with a certain bank or an individual at a bank who understands our world.I’d recommend looking for local or regional banks that have experience working with investors—they often understand the unique needs of real estate investing.

I want my occupancy (and revenue) to be maximized so, for me, it's very important to have something unique that the other places don't have so my condos will stay rented throughout the low season and in case of a downturn in tourism.

It's decreasing as time goes on, and the sell side is too stubborn to acknowledge it.So patience is my creativity, and uniqueness.

And therefore competition among tenants can create significant challenges, like...Businesses may struggle to establish a unique presence and loyal customer base, and a lack of profitability due to nearby competition will likely lead to higher tenant turnover.

(which I feel like a couple of these other comments talking negatively didn’t at all) If you just show up, they basically hold you by the hand in terms of market selection, deal analysis, financing, design, setup, the listing, pricing strategies, management, etc.

Does the parcel have unique and challenging characteristics?

And even there, ready options exist where persons "could" do it all for pennies on the dollar of this prevailing fee structure and still that vast majority select the prevailing structure of things. 

Happy clients are your best marketing tool.6.Be Selective About Clients and Properties: Early on, I took on every property and owner.

This is consistent with data from sources like Zillow, Redfin, and the local Santa Barbara Association of Realtors.However, when I go to "Pick Markets" and select Santa Barbara, the median home price listed is $620,000, which doesn’t align with what I’ve observed locally.