It will be interesting to watch and see what happens and what they pay for it.

Also, if you aren’t a solid drywall patcher, this is a great time to start watching YouTube videos on the topic because that will save you money when it comes time to patch the walls after electricians do their work.

Save a few properties on Zillow to watch the market or as a Realtor colleague to send you MLS is Springfield.

I’ve read many books on RE and have watched countless webinars but I’m more of a visual learner.

We put a couch and a tv in there because we figured it would be a great place for kids to segregate themselves from the adults, or just any group who wants to watch something different than the people in the living room.

On one hand I want to suggest looking into opening a HELOC on your current home rather than selling, this will give you access to some capital for your down payment funds on your next purchase and not require you to move into a rental for a short amount of time as you transition (something i'm guessing wouldn't be extremely fun especially with a little one either on the way or just arrived).Once you have adequate down payment funds, you could simply watch for the right thing to come along from the comfort of your own home.

Also as David said watch out for AirBNB restrictions in some of the metro neighborhoods.

If and when the US hopefully adopts legalization and US based cannabis syndicated deals become more plentiful, I'm sure I'll be including those in my watch list. 

@Anand S. everything that was already said PLUS (something to keep in mind AND continue to watch as government policy changes) is the unskilled / semi-skilled labor supply.

;) He served a half dozen cars while I stood in the parking lot (while we were making improvements) and watched!!??