Some of the reasons I'm considering on making the jump into this area is because they are steadily continuing to develop at a crazy rate, it has good highway access, the neighbors are cool and the location to the shopping center makes it ideal.

Many who do this business remotely have developed some solid systems in place that alleviate the need for a physical presence, along with some "boots on the ground" as well.

So after looking at lifestyles and goals of some people I admire I have made a goal to read more about real estate.Being in the commercial development industry, there are a ton of information and materials out there.

Hi All,I’ve been looking for people or groups to partner with for multi-family investing and wondered if anyone has worked with Lujan-Merriman Development Group?

That's not ideal but no purchase is usually better than the wrong purchase. 

Also, Bulletproof Asset Protection teaches about asset protection, Who Moved My Cheese teaches about dealing with change, How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the best books for personal development.

Has anyone out there developed and managed one of these short-term commercial spaces?

Ideally the rents would be under market with the units as-is, or under what you could get after relatively minor updates to the units, giving you an opportunity to increase NOI.Of course the expenses in the listing are only $9,784 per year - in listings they are always going to be low, to inflate the NOI. 

Is it possible to partner up in a big development deal with other/s big developer/s by for example bringing capital?

What is the process when starting a new development project?