A year ago I bought my first house on the NW side of GR and have been living in it, renting to friends, and house hacking it the entire time.

Like making friends with local Deli owners to keep an ear out for you type hard.

Is the idea to seem less intimidating to the seller - more of a friend than a business?

After refi, principal paydown is our friend and helps mitigate any potential future decrease in value.  

Anyone knows a good investor friendly agent or a broker that serves this area?

@Christos PhilippouJust write a friendly letter.     

As we all know, REI is an art which is different in every location.Let's pick a similar property from Zillow in Las Cruces and provide a basic analysis hoping that our friends from Las Cruces help us with our analysis:1009 Elm St.

A friend of mine is thriving in this market.

The book "How to win friends and influence people" had a huge impact on me and frankly I think it gives me an advantage over others who don't practice some of the methods Dale Carnegie presents.

I feel that my money would go further and be safer splitting a property with him (helping him as well) than in my inflated market.So i guess in general with this post, I'm hoping to hear from anyone who has experience in the area, specific areas to invest in, connections with investor friendly RE agents/contractors/property managers, anything will help.