I’ve always seen sales jobs as more of a team sport than what some may think.

@Chris Sellers I believe has/had properties in the Albemarle/Midland areas so it might be worth reaching out to see if you can connect with him.The good news for you is small multi-family properties are a little easier to come by outside of Charlotte than anything inside the 485 beltway.How soon are you looking to make the move?   

But now she's freaking out as I said this is news to me within the last 2 days.

I have experience mostly in web content creation and editing in the form of news writing and journalism.

Great news, I've managed to convince my wife that it would be wise for us to begin investing in real estate.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2020/01/31/who-can-you-trust-in-the-real-estate-investing-business/#720fb12c356f___The New York TimesAn Ex-Fox News Host Pitched ‘Financial Freedom.’

Bunch of overblown hogwash to jack up news ratings in my opinion.

Your property taxes will be about double what you have budgeted if you can buy at $200k, because of prop 13 most likely but the good news is your insurance should be about half

Sports?

News flash sellers feel ripped off and every agent looks at a listing as a lottery, this is why the ibuyers are coming hard at the commissions, the only thing that has kept the wolves at bay is the monopoly that the NAR has and the relationship an agent has with the seller.