As far as landscape photography, Arizona has vast opportunities for that.

Starting with a small apartment complex would be a great way to learn the apartment industry from the inside!

I am new to the real estate industry and new on BiggerPockets.

It could be "par for the course" for the industry, not sure, and unless this guy is a professional chef (which would be against the terms of my lease to run a business on the premises), this is really picky. 

Interesting market for sure, though the oil and gas industry is subject to substantial swings and isn't for everyone. 

Industry seems to be growing and so is population.

That obviously didn't go well because Covid-19 hit and everything in the hospitality industry went upside down for a couple of months.

Jake and Gino have a very handy post here 5) We look for industry diversity, job growth, population growth, rent growth without major vacancy growth, new construction (but not oversupply) and other factors.

I am working with someone with experience, he's been in the industry for 15-20 years now, and is pretty close to automating his business. 

I am very inexperienced and rather young so any assistance from more experienced people in the industry would be much appreciated!