@Jonathan Greene I have family that lives in Mississippi and I go out there or at least plan to go out there twice a year.

Quote from @Jonathan Greene: What's your plan as a new agent? 

Quote from @Jonathan Greene: Why would you open your own brokerage right now?

You are way to green to even be driving for dollars with that question.

.- Competitive pressure to deploy capital compressing dropping of rates. - Buyers are underwriting portfolios to as-is rents.- Machine learning models are helping to reduce risks.- Reverse migration to Rust Belt is occurring based on affordability issues elsewhere.- Scatter site is a defensive asset offering a lot of optionality.- Market conditions are challenging for scatter site hold unless you are underwriting a 10-year hold.- Setting up operations for SFR from scratch is very difficult.- One investor is buying at cap rates in 5s or 6s.

The closer the better for bike riders and green thinking bus riders. 

Highly recommend you connect with a local expert such as @Josh Green!

Since the start of the year, I've read a handful of BP books:- Rental Property Investing (Brandon Turner)- How to Invest in Real Estate (Brandon Turner/Josh Dorkin)- Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down (Brandon Turner)- BRRRR (David Greene)- Multifamily Millionaire Volume 1 (Brandon Turner/Brian Murray)- Start with Strategy (Dave Meyer), currently readingI was thinking of using the equity to BRRRR small multifamily properties and combine some concepts from both the BRRRR and Multifamily Millionaire books (specifically making cash offers via HELOC to secure distressed properties, ideally vacant to set market rents).

@Jonathan Greene  Thank you.

Quote from @Jonathan Greene: It's obvious why you are analysis paralysis and I didn't need to read what you wrote.