That's why I am here :)I am a mom and an educator part-time, and we are buying real estate to build wealth for our family and for our retirement.

Once you become licensed you have 6 months to join a Broker or retire your license.

Investors all have different things they are looking at, be it cash flow, appreciation, buying a property to retire to etc.

It may be worth looking into,  although without a stable source of income it may be an uphill battle.

Normally, any and all retirement accounts are except from litigation if an individual gets sued, so all of my IRA/pension funds are protected.

you have some equity that you didn't have to pay for yourself (assuming a stable market).  

This means that they will depend on your stable job and good credit as signs of a good (and probably repeat) borrower.

The 15 or so I've chosen to follow up on are in stable neighborhoods, appear to be in fairly good condition, and have tax appraisals between $70,000 and $145,000.

Taxes are more in ID, rents are stable and you can easily get cash-flow but prices do not jump like the do in CA.  

Overall, I'm not sure what my exact business plan is yet, but I firmly believe that a stable foundation of wealth and income will come from owning property.I'm excited to be part of this community and feel that it has a great deal to teach me.