Flipping (or BRRRRing) will give you great first-hand experience and will build your intuitive understanding.  

The higher risk areas demand more attention and intuition for them to work well.  

@Daryle Smith Yep, you should be able to Google "[county name] property information" or something similar.Most counties' websites are fairly intuitive.

I'd prefer to live in San Diego for lifestyle, and my intuition would be to need to invest out of state.

So far, I know:- find a good deal, with opportunity to add value- assemble a deal package showing numbers (current state, remodel, after remodel, returns before and after refi)- for the first deal or several I will have to accept I won’t be able to take as large of a portion of equity as I’m a large risk for investors- attend meetups feverishly- be active on forumsWhile this all seems intuitive, I have a mental road block preventing me from accepting that I will be able to raise funds.

So far, I know:- find a good deal, with opportunity to add value- assemble a deal package showing numbers (current state, remodel, after remodel, returns before and after refi)- for the first deal or several I will have to accept I won’t be able to take as large of a portion of equity as I’m a large risk for investors- attend meetups feverishly- be active on forumsWhile this all seems intuitive, I have a mental road block preventing me from accepting that I will be able to raise funds.

I am new to this, so which list to use is not intuitive yet.

My intuition was that learning to manage tenants first would help me down the road when I would mainly deal with property managers.

Just because your state's L/T laws state something, your local Magistrate/Justice/Judge can intuit their own interpretation of the law. 

I just love saying "going South to Canada" It is soooo, counter intuitive.