The more rehabs you do, the more you start learning about contracts, estimating ARV, estimating rehab costs, you'll start putting together your own deals, you'll start looking at niches where you can find deals and learning how to market and negotiate to those niches. 

If you’re just starting out, you might find, as I did, your goals will change, but spending some time and rally defining your immediate goals should reveal if you want to be in this niche or not.  

I have enjoyed the uniqueness of the mixed use property and is a lot of what makes this project thrilling.

and nothing quite in this area (not sure if that's a good thing or bad) and it has something very unique and I'd imagine desirable!

I had my MCSE back when there was only 12k of us in the world, and niched myself into being a DBA before going real estate investor full time...

@Katherine Robbins the letters that I send are very unique and stand out from what other people are sending.  

Stay active on the forums while connecting with other investors in your area and pick a niche.

Read books on investing in real estate, listen to the podcasts, attend webinars and stay active on the forums while connecting with other investors in your area and pick a niche.

By no means do I believe my way is the best way since everyone has a unique situation (income, expenses, risk tolerance, lift stage, etc).  

Lately I outsource most training to those who have a particular expertise in specific niches so I have more time for my own investing.Hi @Moses Lucero...great question and honestly it would be just easier to give some guidance over the phone or in person since we are both in Vegas...AND I would like you to take something into consideration.