Learn from your family and on your own by going to different meet-ups and having conversations with agents, other investors and anyone else in the industry to hear about their experiences.Make 2025 a year of planning and how you will go about that plan. 

@Mike LambertAs the hospitality industry is revitalizing from COVID, hotels are back to the increased occupancy rates.

Next, and again my current experience is in a different industry but one that's a highly dependent on Google reviews and ratings, I've found that there's always a break-even point where "paying someone off" doesn't provide enough of a return on the payoff. 

Look for sponsors that have been in the real estate industry thru several economic and market cycles.

All this is why, I believe, it's a rare thing in the REI industry. 

But I'd be shocked if people are getting significantly better numbers in similar "regional destination" type areas. 

Like most service industries, there is nothing more important than the human touch as that is what people relate to and feel comfortable with.

Business is valuable and this has not been a great year for the property management industry.

I suspect the disclosure language will follow.. and CE  or training is a good idea but that would probably be step 2.Oregon can be pretty funny when it comes to laws and regs.For instance in the logging industry.. there are all sorts of environmental laws of course and as a logger your expected to know them..

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