That being said, mixed use is growing in interest to me, but I worked in retail real estate for 5 years, and residential for 9 now, so I feel like I have a certain level of over confidence in myself

A good process would be to ask a question (even a fairly simple one) and then find all the data that would make you fairly confident as to the answer to that question.

But, I'm confident that restrictions will be released before the summer and we should have some good pent up demand for travel to our property. 

You need to package and position yourself as an expert and exude that confidence when talking with potential investors.

It has been a great confidence boost to live in a fixer upper and get comfortable with collecting rent, doing renovations, and seeing how a tenant will treat your property.

It has been a great confidence boost to live in a fixer upper and get comfortable with collecting rent, doing renovations, and seeing how a tenant will treat your property.

Can you say with any confidence that this RE is not going to be worth 20% less than the purchase price 6 months from now? 

The market appears to be more confident in future of office properties than retail and hotel.

So, we're in the middle steps of executing this approach so we're not yet able to confidently advise on specifics.

Purchase price: $76,000 Being new to the real estate scene afforded confidence in my decision to buy this property.