With remote work becoming more prevalent at my company, I'm considering moving out of state and buying my own place towards the end of the year.

Multifamily investment is very much prevalent.

As mentioned, QBO is a steep learning curve but does have the advantage of being so prevalent which means there's a community of content.

They're not as prevalent as they were a few years ago, but there is still good cash flow here and decent appreciation over the last few years.

There could be a lot of reasons for selling right now, but the most prevalent is capitalizing on a hot market and a billion potential house hackers.

Thanks @Obed Calixte for the description of regulations that are prevalent. 

I personally would stay away from big cities based on that dynamic that just tends to be more prevalent in major metro areas. 

The local Department of Health and Environmental Control can usually provide guidance relative to which contaminants, if any, are prevalent in your project area.

I also just want to make sure I am ready to go when these deals become more prevalent, which is why I would like to start building relationships now, with who is willing to take a chance :)

With ADUs I have seen valuations all over the place (I have not figured them out) but the one that seems to be most prevalent is to have the ADU add $50k to $80k then subtract for any subtractions (in your case the loss of the garage would subtract from the value they assign for the ADU) with a primary factor being how much the units appear to be unrelated.