It is regional, but I find some of the newer homes where I am have more open living areas, but the bedrooms are smaller as are some of the lot sizes.To get a new mortgage, your rates are likely going to go up, but if the new home was well built, you shouldn't have to worry about things like new windows or a new roof for a while.

I’m interested in learning about other areas of real estate such as brrr and fix a flip.

Bay area, especially.

Call remodeled comps in the area that has been bought and sold within a year 

You need to do a needs analysis of the local area.  

Hello all,My fiance and I recently moved to the Bay Area and are currently under contract for our first primary home together.My real estate experience is relatively low with a single LTR under my belt and looking for ways to grow.

I am a Realtor in the DFW area. 

lesson learned is always listen to your guts and dont apoy to much attention to the oether even if they are experts in the area.

If you want to look for an investor focused brokerage or team in a brokerage I'd recommend looking for meetups in the local area for real estate investors or potentially other investor focused agents in the area, you can likely find both of these with bigger pockets (depending the location).

I'm a landlord of a newly constructed duplex in the New Orleans area.