I moved from Florida to start investing in Columbus due to the same reason.https://www.zillow.com/learn/hottest-housing-markets-2024/

.- Machine learning models are helping to reduce risks.- Reverse migration to Rust Belt is occurring based on affordability issues elsewhere.- Scatter site is a defensive asset offering a lot of optionality.- Market conditions are challenging for scatter site hold unless you are underwriting a 10-year hold.- Setting up operations for SFR from scratch is very difficult.- One investor is buying at cap rates in 5s or 6s.

I would love to meet up with investors and agents in person in my area to learn more about real estate and any advice they may have.

You will hire 2-3 of the wrong contractors also and lose 10-15k in walkway money.Your first try should be to do a flip as a smaller partner with someone else, a friend, a local investor from a meetup, so you can learn the ropes, know how to manage a crew, etc.

Providing Ongoing Support:How can I create a supportive environment that fosters continuous learning and growth?

New units break down just as much as the old units.There's a saying that I learned on the farm growing up "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

It cannot be covered in a few posts but to help you get started top left is a tab, LEARN check that out, and BUILD YOUR TEAM, just for starters; you must know how to underwrite your properties, and local laws.You are in the right place, check out some podcasts and read some books.

A quick bit of advice; it's important to learn as much as you can but it's very easy to just get stuck reading and listening to podcasts and what not. 

@Gino Barbaro thats something I would like to do. fine a partner that I can learn and grow a multifamily portfolio with. thanks for the value infoQuote from @Gino Barbaro: @Najeh DavenportI partnered with Jake, but I knew him from working with him.

It can be daunting, but that first step/purchase is usually the toughest and the best way to learn in something like this is to just go in and do it.Building a team is going to be really important as you start your journey.