or investing in CA.finally - here's some more context on how challenging things can be.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/963/topics/1195280-expe...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1160450-run-i...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/1010977-12-00...hope this helps. 

@Christian Houston-Floyd welcome to the forums!

Recently, have only used BP calculators, watched a few podcasts and only viewed the forums from the outside.

Quote from @Raqia Bethea: Sorry, I’m new to the forum.

Hey @Marcus Everett, welcome to the BP Forum! 

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51-tax-legal-issues-con...

Still lots of work to do on the house and the “book” I still have to figure out what to do for it (paper/digital/both), and a few more things I probably am not yet aware of … reading on this forum and asking questions sure has helped out a lot.

Take it one step at a time and use the forum to help you with the steps.

Detroit has a lot of real estate investor meetups that you can locate in the events forum here and on meetup dot com.

My wife and I are new to the forum and have been listening to the show over the past six months, and we have been motivated by all the success stories from you all!