, what made you feel secure taking the leap with hard money and going after that first flip.Partnering with an investor or doing seller financing would be ideal, but I'm still growing my network by cold calling other investors and real estate agents and attending local events.

I would not venture beyond your skill set and suggest you risk harming yourself, such as getting electrocuted, however, once you have completed your work, have it inspected with the local building inspector.

Thanks for your local insights-

Northern New Mexico is the next front range of Colorado (unfortunately for locals, but fortunately for investors) this is a great appreciation market, but you will not find a Cash flowing rental unless you are willing to put in the work for an off market BRRRR.

We have tried reaching out to numbers of local CPAs in the Sacramento area to have them help crunch the numbers and haven't had any luck at all.

In other areas it could be other chains like groceries or local chains. 

Couldn’t have said it better myself I am very active within NARPM at the Local, State, and National level.

I have a locally owned porta potty company where I know the owner, but he is in the Berwyn area so it would depend on where you are at. 

Though if personal use or long term safety are a concern it can make a lot of sense as Disney will always be a market (whereas places like Broken Bow I could see fading from popularity) and unlike many markets there is almost no regulation risk since these properties are built in tourist zones specifically for STR.I own there and manage others so have real world revenue data if you want specifics.Can you suggest some good local real-estate agents that I can reach out? 

This means that many hospitality properties need to refinance their debt at significantly higher rates in an environment where local and regional lenders have been pulling back.In this podcast with CEO Greg Friedman of Peachtree Group, a private debt and hospitality private equity firm, he states that many hotel projects got shelved during the pandemic and that is bringing on an undersupply situation for hotel properties.