Keep that in mind as you move forward in your real estate career, and you will do well. 

On top of that many regional jobs come with a career path to the parent airline.  

Looking to connect with like minded investors in the area.I often work out of the area as I have a full time career in sales focused in IT. 

I would strongly suggest that you pursue a different career path.

On the positive side, I feel that if I can buy this thing whole and stick with it for a year or so (renovating along the way), I will have a solid foundation for a real estate career.

Everyone is at a different level in their real estate career and I believe everyone should be treated with kindness, courtesy and respect. 

I am fortunate enough to have a decent paying job and at the moment I am putting money away to launch my investing career full on.

Owns a large variety of assets in this area and looking to sell because his kids are older and have there careers spread across the country.

It also depends on whether or not you are comfortable moving somewhere else if it were advantageous for your investing career to potentially reduce your personal cost of housing.If you're comfortable with leverage, then you should consider looking into a rental property.

get a real estate license and list them.. your doing a ton of work and bringing a product to market that wont sell through wholesale channels.. that's a huge waste of your time money and energy if you good at helping sellers.. get listings listings are money in the bank in many areas these days.. and its a career that you can do for a lifetime..