Looking at online real estate licensing courses, anything out there with continued education options that does a good job of covering creative financing?

Unless you bought RE a few years ago, created equity via successful BRRRR, flip, or do a combination you're just playing the appreciation game. 

My hope is to share what I’ve learned, continue growing, and connect with others on similar paths.This journey has been nothing short of eye-opening.

The area is poised for continued improvement.

I'd play that aspect up.Best of luck with this one! 

I purchased a SFH in 2022 that I'm in the process of turning into two units with the intent to rent out one of them while continuing to live in the other.

I think there is definitely a couple strategies at play here for you and your family. 

This campus hosts a large Magnolia home goods store, high end furniture store, cupcake bakery, coffee shop, gardening shop, live music concert venue, large grass area with toys and balls for kids to play with, an open plaza with eight food trucks, a small baseball field (that Babe Ruth once played on and families can now play on for fun), a restored historic chapel (the oldest chapel in Central Texas), and six boutique shops with men, women, and children's products.

Primary markets will continue to hold their value though tough to make them cash flow.

I have a contrary play.