Just to add my two cents, I think the most important aspect to be a successful investor, in any market, is to have an excellent team in place that will help cut your learning curve significantly, help you to quickly identify the prime areas to invest in that market and manage your properties effectively!  

You can get appreciation and equity and learn about being a landlord.

I'm wanting to get into real estate and learn as much as I can.

This is just for free and selfishly, I just want to connect with more investors and learn more about problems investors face in 2024.

In PR, understand the locals disposition to OOS investors, even those fluent in Spanish like yourself (or so I gather from Spanish language interview questions).No harm in beginning the interview process with both lender and agent today.

Looking elsewhere where you at least have familiarity with the market would be next, and if not pick a market to learn about, analyze deals, and hopefully get your first deal! 

cash Lessons learned?

Overall, gained $260K in value (based on appraisal) while investing $220K Lessons learned?

As I learned that I also learned how to set up business processes that allowed me to very quickly do the manual work required in running a str business easily and for free.

I am considering and looking at 5+ properties and learning about commercial and self storage.