I listened to about 15 podcasts here on the recommendation of a friend so I thought it would be the right thing to do to participate rather than just stand outside...thanks for all the useful content.

We recently participated in a free workshop called the flipping formula but after doing some research discovered that we could find the same information and help on here and decided to go that route instead.

I hope to learn this through participating in BiggerPockets.

The town has a whole year round schedule of events for people to participate in.

Other  programs like Section 8 are more involved and you would not need to participate in that program for your rentals unless you want to, it requires quite a bit of monitoring.

@Jesse HargroveIf you have intentions of participating in the business personally, then I would be very cautious about using IRA money in the deal.  

@Andrew BeaverWe decided on Bradford because we would be living in one of the units, my fiancee has particular tastes, so when researching areas, I needed the town/city to have a good number of multi's, an atmosphere I would want to participate in, and a good cost of house vs potential rent ratio.The other factor to consider, was that the city had to be between my job and my fiancee's. 

Hey Guys,I have only been listening for a few weeks but am really excited about participating in this community.

Following is how the ROBS 401k works: Because you directly rollover your IRA or former employer 401k, 403b, Keogh, SEP, SIMPLE, or other eligible account, to your new ROBS 401k  plan, which then funds your business, you incur no taxes or early distribution penalties.Unlike traditional 401k plans that allow for a 401k participant loan, that is, borrow up to 50% of the account balance not to exceed $50,000, the ROBS 401k for business financing plan allows you to use all of your retirement funds to fund your start-up business.The ROBS 401k funded corporation allows you to draw a reasonable salary from the business.ERISA 408(e), and ERISA Reg. 2550.408 list information regarding the use of 401k funds to invest in employer stock of the employer’s corporation.The IRS formally commented on the use of 401k business funds on Oct 1, 2008 by issuing IRS memo commenting that the use of retirement funds is not disallowed but continue to be reviewed by the IRS.The use of retirement funds for business funding entails the 401k purchasing stock shares in a C-Corporation.

While having a criminal record is not a protected characteristic under the Fair Housing Act, criminal history-based restrictions on housing opportunities violate the Act if, without justification, their burden falls more often on renters or other housing market participants of one race or national origin over anotherSection 3"A housing provider violates the Fair Housing Act when the provider’s policy or practice has an unjustified discriminatory effect, even when the provider had no intent to discriminate."