There's specific knowledge that can only come with ownership - buying and selling as a broker doesn't make up for the blood, sweat, tears, triumphs, and lessons learned of ownership specific to a jurisdiction. 

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

As Nelson Mandela said, "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

I want to help investors in MD and VA and would like to know as much as possible about the triumphs and struggles of investing in those areas. 

I don't want to sound rude but your target market also does not care for your personal story, obstacles and triumphs.

A man shows his true colors in times of adversity and not triumph.

Please share triumphs and challenges, on the business side as well as keeping the wheels on the wagon at home.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”Good luck!

Learning everything I can, watching others and learning from their mistakes or triumphs.