I’m especially interested in learning from those with experience in more expensive housing markets and from people who used really estate as a way to invest for their kids' colleges.

Lol, I'm  not sure i was very helpful, more anecdotal lol.I learned to estimate from other contractors many years ago.I found labor unit books from college bookstores.

There have definitely been many surprises along the way and lots of lessons learned getting our bnb set up.

Use these two years as a way to learn the lay of the land.

Lessons learned?

Lessons learned?

Still have the duplex and using it for the next deal as collateral on our first multifam 18 unit apartment complex Lessons learned?

In what ways can you use the agent to be resourceful?

I've accepted that I will take a significant loss on this, and have already learned a ton from it, but I would like to reduce the total loss as much as possible.

I took many courses before actually taking action on my first investment and I still have self-doubt when attempting new strategies and I have failed.Second, anyone who has not experienced self-doubt has not pushed themselves into the uncomfortable place of trying something new and potentially failing but learning a great lesson making them stronger.You are capable Robel.