But if you ever decide to domicile out of state in a tax free state, having your portfolio also be state tax advantaged can be a huge boost to your net.Real estate's being good to everyone right now. 

., TV commercials, radio ads, motivated seller websites, SEO, pay per click/adwords, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online advertising and boosted/promoted social media postings.Bottom line is integrity and consistency.

Did it help you to learn what you were good at and you stuck with that, or were you able to see what worked and what didn't so you could focus your energy on the winning strategy. 

Tough to answers these without knowing a little more.If you don't have the time, energy, or interest in searching for properties on your own, don't want to find your own lenders, attorney, inspector, etc on your own, don't feel comfortable negotiating for yourself, and want someone experienced who has a fiduciary duty to you representing you, then I recommend using a realtor (says the realtor). 

Telling yourself it is ok, don't get down...you can make it back is an ok attitude to boost your mood when you make a mistake and to help you keep going.

I don’t even think about STR as a strategy here in Boulder anymore, it can still be done but the regulations to comply with (STR license and associated annual fees, taxes, SmartRegs (energy efficiency standards) compliance, must be owner-occupied (even if it’s a duplex you have to occupy the side being rented short term), limits on number of nights it can be rented per year, limits on number of STRs in proximity of each other in a neighborhood, annual inspections, etc.) make it not even worth doing here basically IMO I’d rather just do corporate rentals with 30 day minimum stays or regular term rentals.

They create a tighter building envelope, and allow for a energy efficient home.

There's a lot of people that spend a lot of time and energy scamming victims.

Right now I'm trying to finish up a bunch of renovations and just don't have the energy to get something together.

@Nick RutkowskiI just claimed the sun, and will be sending the people of earth an energy bill.