Go to your local REIA and see if there are any subject matter experts in your area that teach classes or give presentations.Even when the statewide statutes are the same, they often get implemented in different ways locally, so the national courses tend to be just junk.If you are determined to spend money on a course see if you can buy off ebay or alibris or FB marketplace.Lots of misinformation on tax lien/deed investing.

This tends to be the best return you can get in UT if you are in a life stage to be able to do it. 2. buy a decent single family home that already has a basement entrance and add a kitchen to make it an ADU.

And what you lose in appreciation in those other markets you tend to make up in cashflow since the rents are higher compared to home value. 

Unfortunately, there are also a few people who have popped up on BP trying to sell a crappy real estate-related program but fortunately the majority of the experienced investors on here don't fall under this category (plus the program spammers tend to get banned sooner or later).  

You'll find that there are plenty of large scale wholesale companies, but also smaller wholesalers that tend to source deals with larger spreads.

Prices and rents continue to increase steadily.Sales - $/SqFt by Month(Click to enlarge.)The median sales $/SF was up 9% YoY and 6.7% YTD.Rentals - $/SqFt by MonthRents rose 4.3% YoY and 6% YTD.The Market Remains HotFollowing the rapid inventory decline starting in Q1, the number of days on the market for sales remained below 17 and for rentals below 19, indicating strong demand for both.Sales - List to Contract Days by MonthRentals - List to Contract Days by MonthRental trends tend to follow sales.

They tend to attract big companies, hospitable systems, cool downtowns with good restaurants, lots of events, and are usually a 1-2 hour drive from a major metro and airport.

But it tends to hallucinate pretty hard on anything involving numbers.

@Vivienne Affat, as Katie noted, first time flippers tend to be hard pressed for private loans.  

However, something to consider is that in midwest markets, big multi family properties tend to attract lower quality tenants.