Cali noob heading to Texas

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Hi everyone. This is an amazing site! I'm a 45 year old residential contractor in Stockton, California, one of the most overprice markets in the country. Retiring with a rental fleet has always been a dream of mine but this market makes it hard to get started. I can make a nice living in room additions and remodel but not enough to reach my retirement goals. Also, the area has changed to the point that it's not were we want to raise our family. So, we've decided to move to Texas and looking at homes in the Fort Worth area. My wife was born there. The original plan was to rehab homes and buy a few rentals per year but I'm now trying to learn enough to avoid the physical work and spend more time finding properties. We'll have 200-230k to buy a home and start investing and we should be ready to move in the spring. My time until then will be spent learning everything I can about real estate investment. Any advice you can offer on the market or the best use of my time and dollars will be greatly appreciated.

Craig