Brand new to the community and I feel the best way for me to succeed is to find a local mentor to help guide me through the stepsI’m seeking a mentor in the Salt Lake City, UT area who would be willing to meet up with my next week and spend an hour of their time helping me get my feet wet.

There are deals to be had in the Salt Lake valley.

We live in a tourist area and thought about buying a cottage on the lake and run an AirBnB out of it.

., it is becoming more and more like NYC and SF every year, and to me that is a GOOD thing).Economically speaking the numbers you threw out are indeed going to make it a bit tough (on the East Side of Lake Washington at least, where I live and invest). 

I have a house in Lake Worth need a driveway about 2,400 sqft, to and  I need great Asphalt contractor recommendation.

I have short term rentals at Canyon Lake and they do AWESOME. 

Metros Ranked by Forecasted 2018 Sales and Price GrowthRankMetro2018 Sales Growth2018 Price Growth1Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nev.4.906.902Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas6.025.573Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Fla.5.476.004Stockton-Lodi, Calif.4.556.435Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla.3.007.006Salt Lake City, Utah4.624.507Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, N.C.

I know it's tempting...Lake Lanier is so beautiful.  

There are a few, my issue is that my local area is a lake town.

It's on a Great Lake, has the infrastructure for MANY more people (at its height Detroit had 3 million people), and property is cheap!