These gains in home sales activity are being driven by pure demand."

He should invest in a larger property to avoid any capital gains or recapture.

I recently began to listen to the bigger pockets podcasts after gaining interest in wanting to start real estate.

When you present yourself as someone that is interested in the relationship (and hopefully you genuinely are) you'll find yourself meeting with him more and gaining value far beyond what you think you need to know going into this first meeting.

I just know once I can get a little skin in the game and some experience gained it will start to work more in my favor.

So all of the tax and depreciation recapture over the years is gone and your heirs now have property with fresh depreciation clocks and no deferred gain or tax. 

I currently own one rental, but I’m looking to gain some knowledge to buy more homes and gain cash flowing properties.I’m just starting out on the subject matter but I’m looking forward to learning.

She has not lived in the home for 2 out of the past 5 years, so capital gains would be an issue if we wanted to sell it without a 1031 exchange. 

OR Hire a really experienced Realtor that specializes in Investment Real Estate that has gained valuable contacts over the years that could provide you with access to their resources for free OR Work directly with a Real Estate Investing company with decades of experience that can provide you with access to their contacts for free2) Finding a deal: Here's a few ways to go about that - You or your agent can search the MLS and crunch numbers on property advertised on the retail market and hope to find a deal that all of the other real estate investors in Texas may have missed OR You can attend auctions and try to outbid all the other seasoned investors there only to realize if you win then that means you paid too much OR Have random wholesalers send you the one off deals they get under contract OR spend the time, money, and energy in trying to become a wholesaler yourself OR Work directly with a Real Estate Investing company that can send you the largest source of deeply discounted property sent directly to your inbox in the form of a daily spreadsheet.3) Estimating Rehab, Holding and other Costs: Read FLIP by Rick Villani and Clay Davis and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs by J Scott.

Live in flips take longer, because you want to live there for at least 2 years to avoid capital gains taxes.