If there are any flipping/real estate investment experts in the area, I'd love to connect.

My recommendation is to choose cities in safe and economically diversified areas with above-average income and population growth.

A good video that was helpful to me starting out is: How to Analyze a Real Estate Market in 60 Minutes - Know More than a Local Expert - Neal Bawa… (BP frowns on link posting… so copy-paste in google, it should be 57 min long).For some other let’s say high level book on the “start-to-finish” for MF investing, helpful to me are:Wheelbarrow Profits by Jake and GinoMultifamily Millions by David LindahlEmerging Real Estate Markets by David LindahlCreative Cash by Bill Ham (helpful for ‘seller financing’ options)Once you get through the “philosophy” of these, some more “meat and potatoes” digging into the actual numbers and case studies:The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings by Steve BergesThe Complete Guide to Real Estate Finance for Investment Properties by Steve BergesYouTube has some good underwriting resources:Break Into CRE with Justin KivelThe Multifamily Show with James Eng at Old CapitalAdventures in CRE with Spencer BurtonBruce KirschLocal meetups… you’ll learn a lot from other investors in your market… an active local REIA is UCREIA (Upstate Carolina Real Estate Investors Association) they have a monthly main meeting and then various sub-groups that meet monthly as well.Ben Jones and Ivan Jenkins run Multifamily Investor Nation – Greenville, SC sub-group, they do a hybrid with in person and virtual together.

Need to pick your expert brains.

Until we get past those constraints, I don't see new housing creating oversupply.That being said, an unexpected economic event could shift things quickly.

I would greatly appreciate it if there are any experts out there willing to help me out with these deals or walk me through the analysis portion calculating the expenses to see what I am missing.  

Local experts will be attending to help answer your questions about the local real estate market and its potential opportunities.

Hi Experts,Need some guidance. 

California Home market value 620,000 I owe 244,000 = my concerns if I do a ( heloc) rates could change in the future because of our current economic climate vs cash out refi ( my concerns my rate will go up because my current rate is 3.25 % which I got obtained when I lived in the house as a primary residence.

Then they coach them to succeed by helping them become the expert on a particular neighborhood or something.Next, I'd highly recommend focusing on investors as your clientele for the reasons mentioned above plus it's more lucrative.A lot of real estate agents complain about wholesaling "being illegal."