Hello, All.I'm a newly licensed agent and i'm trying to help a friend (also an agent) with one of their luxury listings (they got it from a family member).

It has the essentials, nice to haves, then luxuries.

How challenging is it to break into the luxury market as a real estate agent?

Back and hernia surgery and other luxuries have moved to the lower end of the priority list. 

Remove luxury items such as garbage disposals and sliding screens to prevent maintenance requests.

Several large luxury apartment complexes completed, breaking ground or in the works.  

I am on the other side of the mountains from you and in the military as well I have had the luxury to be a little more stagnant than most military career fields.

I ultimately built my private lodge and conference center on the property, which is surrounded by retired high profile former rock stars and others seeking privacy in an area in San Diego county.While on my mission to find the ideal property, I made a list of the criteria and visualized not only what it would look like but how it would be used.Early plans called for property search efforts in Santa Barbara county's Santa Ynez Valley.  

I think we’ll see a pull back on the SF and luxury condo market as rates increase but we’re betting big on MF rentals.

Well, 500K down would likely be on a 2M multi, that isn't small to me. 6 Luxury type units, I don't think so, vacancy would kill your return, maintenance?