@Edwin AlvarezI recommend finding local meetups to attend. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521I have found all of my best connections at local meetups.

Send them a written notice of non-renewal, following your local laws about how much notice you need to give.

So, let's try some local real estate meetup groups.

Dont go to the regular retail realtor who only deals with FHA or conventional mortgages like 80%+ of the people.

If you plan to stay in your local market, house hacking with an FHA loan can be a fantastic strategy to build wealth while keeping costs low.Congratulations on your graduation and best wishes for your future success!

Use crime maps and local insights to guide your search.9.

Regards,Colby  Hello @Colby Burns I'm a local Realtor (Fort Worth).

Tacoma is a fantastic market with a lot of opportunity, so you’re starting in the right place.Here’s how you can connect with local experts and start building your skills:Attend local meetups and networking events.

I am considering getting into this space (looking at some courses), but worried that its too late, and that deep local market knowledge/understanding of buyers/connection with developers etc is required to make this work, which only incumbent/long term investors will have and would be hard for a new entrant starting from scratch to catch-up...is my hypothesis valid in your opinion ?

Quote from @Basit Siddiqi: I personally would not buy real estate with a retirement account.There are just too many headaches that are not worth the potential increased return.Some headaches when it comes to investing in real estate with a retirement account1) LTV values are less and harder to find lenders.2) Potential to sell or partially distibute the property if you have to do a RMD(Required Minimum Distribution)3) If you run out of cash and have to make a major repair, you may be out of luck and have to sell.4) Having to potentially worry about UBTI(Unrelated Business Taxable Income)I would personally invest in stocks/bonds/notes with a retirement account.I buy deals with cash and use a ROTH SDIRA so there are no RMD's.I buy at huge discounts to retail.