If you're local, you can start by really learning the market by driving the neighborhoods, studying recent sales, and getting to know what areas investors are targeting.

The consistent population and job growth are driving real estate values along with many companies choosing to move and develop here like Intel, Amazon, Google, Meta, etc.

you choose one pay for it and they provide them.What I found out is they just send over the plans with no updates to current codes so we submit then and get check sheets sometimes 3 or 4 and takes 90 days to get approved instead of them understanding the new codes updating the plans before giving them to us.And to be fair to the architect we can send in the same plans and depends on which examiner gets them some will fly through others come back with check sheets that an examiner frustration issue.

its fine if they do as its not my main motivation for getting my licence but keen to understand how it all works.Any advice from someone who's done this already would be appreciated.Thanks You can take and pass the state examination, and get your real estate license as "inactive" if you don't already know your sponsoring broker.

Panicking sellers may temporarily drive prices lower, but stabilization is expected.

You don’t get CA level appreciation in Kansas City.Some areas are high crime so need make sure you understand the neighborhood you are investing in, like any city all locations are not equal.Very car centric city, mass transit is not widely used, people don’t walk, they drive outside of a few very walkable locations in heart of the city. 

Quote from @Jordan Ray: Quote from @Jamie Parker: This past weekend I was driving with my mom and daughter looking at properties in the Memphis Area.

@Annie AnsonWorking with a Property Manager:  If you hire a property manager for on-the-ground tasks like maintenance, you can still meet material participation—if you handle the majority of the work that drives the property’s success (e.g., guest services, pricing strategy, advertising).

I use google drive for all my scanned business files, so I can easily upload my receipts for transactions/expenses. 

The good places to start investing at the moment are places within a 10 min drive from main urban centers, and which have different types of residents (not just tourism, not just workers, etc).Feel free to reach out in case we may be of assistance.