I know many folks that started a business with just a business card, telephone, a vehicle and ambition. 

Just started with a new employer that pays for housing, vehicle, and fuel.

Instead, you must invest in a purely passive way, such as a syndication.Second, real estate is a tax-favored asset and investing in a tax-favored asset through a tax-deferred vehicle is a bad idea. 

When I met her she had been in the United States 7 years, never had a job, never got a driver's license and never had a boyfriend.

I believe the new President will kill the EV mandate . ya I am a Tesla fan boy first to admit it I have owned  5 of them and was going to buy the cybertruck but I really needed a gas vehicle to get back into the fishing areas out here in the west that are 100 miles literally or more back into BLM land National forest or State lands.

Located in HornLake, MS – I'm a bit concerned about declining population and overall economic drivers

Unlimited drivers for about 1/4th what i was paying with deal machine.

(Only if you are SERIOUS about real estate as your wealth/career vehicle.)Make sure you join a brokerage that is large, established, and has a reputation for top performance and excellent training.Once you learn the basics and get out into the field to see the state of the market, you'll learn the price points and be able to know a good/great deal when you stumble across it.I have made some of my best (most lucrative) buys from meeting with a seller who wants to list, and when we discussed the price, I knew it fit my parameters, so I bought it! 

He is a school bus driver.

Deal makers- development potential, vehicles per day, road ingress egress off highway, signage potential, multiple road accesses, value add potential- housing- trees, boulders, ponds, walkout, views, right side of town, power-line right of ways, etc6.