It would be a great opportunity to extend out to some real estate professionals.

Welcome to BP - what strategy are you looking to pursue for your first real estate investment?

But I think any experienced investor would agree that if you aren't doing value-add when it comes to real estate investing, you aren't actually investing.

My journey right now is learning more about real estate investing as I've been very passive and bought without much research beforehand.

@Audris TienIt Is known in the industry - read the website - logically two people could not manage $1.4B in real estate?

Your VA loan will be crucial to your real estate investing growth, especially since it affords you the potential opportunity to own more than one property, depending on your overall allotment.For active military personnel, that conundrum of where to invest and where you will end up is always part of the issue that sometimes causes analysis paralysis so it's great you have one in VA Beach already.

Would it be a good idea to get a real estate license and work in real estate or are there other options to get in Missouri to get real estate experience without a license? 

The projected growth in the local population and economy creates a fertile ground for both residential and commercial real estate development and acquisition.

Really wish we would have learned how to better utilize buying real estate and finance and how life changing it can be.

I do a good bit of long distance real estate investing and I am considering going into as new area.