Small Business Administration website (https://www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/starting-managing-business/starting-business )"21 Things I Wish My Broker Had Told Me" by Frank Cook (Dearborn Real Estate Education 2007).These will all give you some perspective on what you need to know to be successful as an agent. 

They were very helpful and put a lot of perspective into my eyes.

It's refreshing that you have a broader perspective than "milking" your properties.  

You seem like a person who is just starting out in real estate and hence, if you have a long term perspective, willing to relocate, I don't think you will go wrong in any of the cities you mention above.  

a depth of wisdom experience and the ability to cut through crap to get to the truth/answers/solutions and put things into  perspective, that is highly impressive.Third I vote to bring Dave Ramsey on, be a nice change of pace ...how is that one coming @Brandon Turner ...believe you were working on that, then K.Marie and Jay Hinrich right after that, be a good lineup for the first of the year :-)  

I want to share with you what I consider a success story in BP networking.A bit of background about me to put things in perspective for you.I am a teacher by day and investor by evenings, weekends and summers.Living abroad in Asia presents a great challenge for my investing in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

I have flipped a few houses this year and want to make sure to do everything right from a tax perspective.

Also, you will get multiple perspectives on your market from the people on the ground.Another suggestion is to talk with property managers in your target market who manage the type of property you are most interested in.  

great way to bring it to perspective "boots on the ground".

From a pure dollars and cents perspective, I can put that fence up for free, so does that mean I should?