Investing in a new market even as an experienced investor can be quite challenging. 

Quote from @Justin Brin: I created a heat map showing the population changes in each state over the past five years (2020–2024).The states experiencing the largest population increases are Florida, Texas, Utah, Arizona, and South Carolina.

Start by networking through local meetups, REIA groups, and online communities like BiggerPockets to connect with experienced investors.

Would love to connect with you and gain some advice from a more experienced investor like yourself. 

I'd venture to say that an experienced attorney propbably wouldn't charge much, if anything at all, to set up your LLC if you are working with them on an operating agreement. 

Connecting with experienced investors or joining local real estate groups can provide valuable insights and help you avoid costly mistakes.

But perhaps you would be better served helping a local experienced investor find deals and ask them to show you exactly how they analyze deals, what's good vs bad, how do they finance (debt vs equity) etc etc and understand their business model that has a proven track record by providing value to them.

While it turns off most BP participants, maybe a less experienced newbie will “take the bait” and “bite”. 

You still have to be careful with the experienced ones as some like to sugarcoat everything - just spoke with an investor 2 days ago that has a property under contract here and the agent was underestimating rehab costs and overestimating the rents. 

I would recommend talking with an experienced loan broker and take a look at the Lenders tab at the top of the page.