I joined social media groups and watched what they discussed, I found sites like this and got involved in the discussions and then just keep going.

It’s great to be nice and have a good relationship with tenants but don’t get involved in their personal wants.

My wife and I currently are renting out our first direct involvement real estate investment.

Just speaking from a perspective of being born and raised there, ALWAYS get a thorough inspection when underground basements are involved because some issues they could present could be very costly

Please make sure you have someone help you if you are involved in a transaction.

Get involved with the local groups and come to some events.

For most it would involve extensive reading of web sites like this and books.

It involves public notification in the newspaper and such. 

. - https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/renting/states-best-...Qualify a Market: Job growth – at least 2 yrs. going upStable Job Market Net positive MigrationJob diversity – a lot of employers in different industrieshttps://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ http://www.city-data.com/https://www.wikipedia.org/ https://datausa.io/ You can Google search above as well.

But what made it very rewarding and packed with lasting impact not just a flash in the pan, was seeing how 10x is applicable to so many areas of life and everyone given the diversity of speakers.