Your agent should be able to help with your deal analysis, consulting on whether a deal is good/bad, learning neighborhoods, estimating renovations, building your team, etc.

If you have a focused plan and prepared questions you can learn a lot in an hour. 

I've learned that commercial opportunities are few and far between, because hardly anything worthwhile actually hits the open market.Why aren't there wholesalers out there who are locking up off-market commercial deals?

-Kwanza  I believe the biggest lesson I learned is that you should manage the property manager, particularly at the start of the relationship.

Older homes in neighborhoods like Heights and Montrose are full of charm, character, and history, but may need some renovations.When navigating the market, it's important to partner with a local real estate agent, take into account rental market demand and rates, search for value-add chances, and learn about landlord-tenant laws.

This is a great place to learn and to connect with people so take advantage of all the great resources.

Also, I've recently learned about these different REI tactics.

If you’re lucky, you will find one that has a lot of Realtor/investors to learn from.Ask around and good luck!

What sorts of questions can I ask her to learn how much risk this is? 

I'm curious to dive deeper into the Santa Fe market and would love to learn from those with local experience.