But the LA young adult and art scenes that she's interested in are just too much of a commute from UCLA.  

Art

It's a science to sales up front then an art when you actually get in touch with someone.https://www.biggerpockets.com/...https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...

Hey @Alexandra Hughes PailetThe neighborhood in Winston that is the most up and coming is West Salem (27101 just south of downtown)A lot of new development activity in the form of restaurants, a new brewery, a food hall (allegedly anyway) plus some legacy mainstays like Old Salem, Carolina University and UNC School of the Arts, and the baseball stadium. 

My husband is an electrician and I have a background in art and design.

If you don't have access to MLS and are looking for something free, that's where you can start.Determining fair market value is both a science and an art, it takes experience to get good.

Quote from @Art Maydan: Hey everyone,I manage a 7-unit building with a nonconforming basement unit pulling power from the common/basement meter.

Doesn't matter if it is RE, Bonds, Equities, Gold, Art, Coins...Some only let us realize the profit when sold, others give us incremental cash flows, others help us at tax time, some do combinations.

And second, you miss all the opportunities to build experience.Zig Ziglar says something like: If you wait for all the traffic lights to turn green in the morning, you will never leave your house.Another martial arts icon from the movies is Pei Mei who said to his student: You acquiesce defeat before you begin.

But vetting the Sponsor is certainly more art than science.