But the South continues to dominate in overall volume, with 423,000 new-home sales on a seasonally adjusted annual basis.

For example we pay our own income taxes, broker splits and all of our other expenses directly out of what we make including required E&O insurance, MLS dues, licensing fees, Board of Realtor dues, continuing education costs, marketing, advertising, office fees/rent, transaction coordinator/ assistant fees, health insurance, car insurance and maintenance, gas, tires, software, retirement fund, etc.We are not W2 employees with payroll taxes already taken out of our paychecks, company-paid health insurance and matching retirement account plus a guarantee of at least 40 hours paid work per week, sick pay, paid vacation… none of that.So if you’re thinking you’ll be able to pay an hourly wage typical of a W2 hourly employee like $50-85/hr… that’s definitely not going to work.

Inflation continues to be elevated, even if it's under the 2022 levels. 

You'll also continue to be building your brand, your network, your experience, etc.

I joined their Academy program and took their advise to start investing while continuing to learn from the lessons in the Academy.

We're still looking at investing in Aiken, SC and work our way back to Greenville as we continue to grow. 

Therefore one of the most undervalued skills is the ability to continue to earn income independent of the real estate performance as you scale until the real estate alone becomes sustainable.

If you haven’t already, I’d scope out the municipalities around town.. from what I read in The Economist, the Phoenix metropo area continues to rank high for job growth, which usually bodes well for new builds.

Are you going to continue your investing locally? 

I am continuing to make payments on the existing mortgage from the payments received from my buyer, which I am assuming is a characteristic of a wrap-around mortgage where the seller acts as the financier for the difference between the existing mortgage and the sale price.