I'll skip over that and give a very brief list of some other items I tell my students in the Airbnb class I teach here in Denver.

Lived in it for over 2 years and rented it out for $1,000 profit a month for one year and then sold.

Instead of spending all day waiting in line for a few rides, pay to to 'skip the line' .

I'm particularly passionate about Muti-family, buy and hold, and lending.Outside of real estate, I am a contractor with over 35 years of woodworking. we as a company have done ever thing from large conferences tables , to President Obama's front porch.   

Find some sort of deal (which is hard to find right now as prices have risen substantially over the past handful of years), or some sort of value add (maybe find a fixer upper and do a lot of paint work, cosmetic, etc. yourself to get started and save money). 

(Assuming fixed rate interest rate) in most the markets i work we are not seeing 100k price reductions.. my project in Oregon new builds I have actually raised prices over the last 18 months to all time highs.

It's gotten better over time for me to connect with buyers, earn their trust, and figure out what drives them.It's not enough to just talk about numbers in a negotiation; you also need to know what the seller is going through and what their top goals are.

When I look at the comparables over the last 3 months the average sale price is about $235 per square foot, which would put me only at a resale value of $495,000 ...not worth it.However, there are comps from January of 2022 through July of 2022 that strongly support $300 per square foot putting the resale price of the house at $630,000... totally worth it.My real estate agent, that I've  worked closely with for the last 4 years and have probably done about 15 deals with, ensures me she will definitely get $595,000 minimum for this property, and if I knew that for sure I would do the deal.

I can flip you over to a lender here in the Carolinas. 

Cloud brokerages are everywhere so eXp and Real and the big boxes are all over Bergen.