I have read that Starbucks, Whole Foods, and Trader Joes are good indicators that the property value in areas each are located in will tend to rise. 

There are quite a few here on BP - @Luther Wilson III does come to mind.If you are wanting to get to know the Kansas City Market and the Kansas Ctiy people, I suggest setting up a key word alert here on BP for Kansas City - and also check out some of the events on the BP calendar and schedule a KC visit around them.If you schedule around a 2nd Tuesday you can make a MAREI meeting on Tuesday and a WinVestors meeting on a wednesday morning and if the planets align, sometimes a House Traders event on Wednesday evening - just have to have a 2nd Tuesday and a 3rd Wednesday fall in the same week, which seems to happen in May - so 3 meetings, 3 different groups of people in about 30 hours.

Anytime you trade real estate, you should be licensed. 

Unless you are a trader you are not in this current environment. 

I just looked into transferring title of my Mom’s place to either a trust or a relative, and either would incur a transfer tax, so I’d guess a trader to an LLC would,too.

For ex lot of people see ARM s as bad , and for right reasons , but if you know you will only hold it fr one year , then that is appropriate .Now my main advice / observation : with any type of professional , mortgage , realtor , attorney - only 10% of them will be good .

For example, I remember when I knew absolutely nothing about the stock market, not even what a share was, I decided to buy a course that covered almost everything from what a candle stick was, to advanced options strategies, Forex, etc.

Also, it would have to be a basement conversion, as the county does not allow stand alone dwellings (for ex, a garage) to be converted.https://building.arlingtonva.us/project/accessory-...

There is help for ex felons by themselves, but what about those who are also married and want to go home to their wives/husbands?

Trader Joe's too, but Sprout's has won me over even over TJ's lately!