It's very similar to what wall street firms are doing in large markets like Atlanta or Phoenix. 

I did the second cohort Open Spaces hosted and I can share my honest and very personal opinion about it.

To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

Having encountered bandwidth difficulty with our accounting firm and CPA, we replaced them with a national company with capacity to handle our ever-growing portfolio.

in the HML space there are plenty of larger firms that do things across the country.. but NO lender lends in all 50 states.

I just checked, and while it does not appear that there are any upcoming events in central Illinois hosted by BP Members (https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...), it does look like there are some big ones in other parts of the state. 

A couple of months ago, I ran across one of Dave Meyer's videos, and that led me to the podcast, and that led me to the Real Estate Rookies podcast, and a host of others who I won't mention, but were nevertheless valuable.

I can't vouch for it, but the hosts of the Rookie podcast wrote a book about partnerships that may be worth reading before you take on a partner: https://www.amazon.com/Real-Estate-Partnerships-Acquire-Achi...

I interviewed 5 CPAs, three were firms recommended by other real estate investors.

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