That is why people can get so heated in debating religion, politics or sports.

. :)   we will never solve the CA Vs mid west cash flow debate but its fun to talk about.. and you know you have to work with were you live and what your market gives you .. if you live in TExas you invest in Texas its were you live what U do plus you don't pay state income tax so that offsets your sky high property tax's.. were CA investors get hosed is living in CA and investing in Texas.. they pay sky high prop tax's and some of the highest income tax's in the country..

I feel I know enough to be dangerous, but definitely not enough to avoid some inevitable noob mistakes that only experience can teach.I recently got my WI license for MLS access (debating getting my IL license as well since there is reciprocity for WI/IL) and am beginning to interview brokers - started my process with Keller as a baseline.

I started the business alone and never partnered in the beginning,  and continually debate the pros and cons of a partnership now.  

This is an age-old debate you'll see tons of threads on this website alone about one LLC per property vs not.I'm in the camp of not doing a LLC for every single property.

Meanwhile - let's debate it here.

Particularly in CA where prices are very high for the dirt AND the improvements, and per the new assembly bills and senate bill that took effect this year, you can not find a better low cost (relative to buying an entire property as a rental) investment opportunity than converting a garage to an ADU or building a new construction ADU.I have 3 ongoing ADU projects for clients of mine and I am not even marketing for them.Some of the concerns and debates over ADU build outs is the value given by an appraisal afterwards which is certainly a valid point of contention, however, if you are looking at it from a long term perspective, your cash flow will likely pay for it in 10 years or less and good luck finding that kind of RE investment return without massive risk here in CA!

I’ve been debating whether or not to get my real estate license.

This is debatable (as in "grey area"), but I would not issue 1099s in this situation.

I've have had an ongoing debate with a fellow investor about,  the best way to market to potential tenants.