Our biggest challenge is that we are not over 55+ and we would prefer to invest our money in the villages itself.

: I understand that there is commercial and residential, but there has got to be subgroups While I don't think you need to niche down immediately, some specializations in residential RE are:- Co-op- Condo (incl. luxury)- SFR (median pricepoint)- SFR Luxury- MFR- RentalsThere are a ton of commercial RE specializations including retail (various types), restaurant, other food/bev., warehouse, storage, and dozens more.What should I expect when first coming into the profession ?

I do prefer EDEN, they are about 2 weeks Done.

If you ask me, I would much rather prefer investing in my local markets or at least somewhere I can drive to.

Some prefer to rent.

Also, in a mainstream asset class like value-added multifamily, I see no reason to take a risk on a sponsor that doesn't have full real estate cycle experience or that lost anything more than a small amount of money (and prefer no money lost).

We’ve found a niche area that fits our budget and personal vision, and it has usually taken a few months of regularly analyzing deals to find something that works for us.

If you have any other resources (preferably free) to analyze properties, it'd be greatly appreciated.

If you have plenty of money then it probably wouldn’t matter how much the property costs, but for a $1MM+ property I’d personally want at least a 6-7% annual return through cash flow (15% or better preferred) and a pretty good idea that it’s going to appreciate solidly.

Happy to make an intro to my preferred realtor in that market!