Hi @Brian buying out of state works it just takes a substantially larger sum of money to do and scale.   

I'm a "newer" investor as well but have scaled my portfolio to 10 doors across mostly Detroit and Memphis.

Since you're new to this, building a reliable team of professionals, an experienced agent, a lender, and a property manager→ will be crucial for long-term success.If you need assistance with financing or further guidance on scaling your portfolio, feel free to reach out.

An LLC can help protect your personal assets by limiting liability, and it also allows you to establish business credit early, which can be useful as you scale your portfolio.

It's time to scale back and stay low key. 

I'm not looking to scale tremendously, just looking to have enough passive income once the rental properties are paid off that my fiance and I can leave our jobs in the automotive business and find something less stressful and more fulfilling, live a little slower, and travel more.

Regardless of the mold though, In my opinion, the best way to scale is to rehab, sell, and reallocate until you have enough capital to buy the units needed to reach your long term goals.

Hey @Brandon Patrick, congrats on building a successful flipping business and scaling it up!

Trying to scale the business to a point where I can do it for a living but not really sure the best way.

Hi,My wife and I own 2 rentals in Hawaii and we would like to scale our investment by buying rental properties in the San Antonio and Temple area in Texas.