I'll probably start looking there. 

We're not actively buying but when we jump in the river the current is strong in the wrong direction (like described above).

Hello,I'm new to the field of real estate investment and eager to learn as much as possible to get started.

Good luck - just do your due diligence before jumping into long distance flips.

Hello all, I am just starting my journey with real estate.

Im assuming start with a PM?

The local facebook groups are a great place to start 

The jump from the first appraisal to the second ($2.40M to $2.65M) indicates potentially increasing market value, possibly due to staging and improvements.3. 

I have been thinking of starting with flipping a home and gaining experience on what it is like.

We have ended up being the latter a couple of times in 7 years because we started off trying to be helpful, but have put policies in place to avoid it:Our rule of thumb is that you can’t be behind by more than your security deposit.