@Adam Hollandsworth The best advice I can give you is for you to do some of the cold calling yourself to start with.

David Orr started Tax Modern and wrote that linked article--I linked his BP profile. 

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

It gives Alex a massive head start on the rest of society.

@Ian Funnell I like the idea of using a HELOC to get started.

I've decided, starting off, that I'd like to try renting apartments in my current market (Jacksonville, Florida) then furnishing them and offering them to traveling professionals on AirBNB and/or furnished finder. 

I'm in Gilberts and I work with a lot of local investors in Chicagoland, both with getting started/house hacking, and also building up to their first 10 properties creating their REI empire.

How do I start?

The AC question starts with, "do you have enough room in the attic to install all the duck work?"

Going to bump this  - just started looking into Smartland and looking for any one who has worked with them.