@Jared Goldwasseri would strongly recommend you go to Cincinnati in person. 

We are going to focus on small multi-family first, and then  get into large multi-family.

I would never own rental properties in my personal name.

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I personally want to learn from those with experience.

I’ve personally received a plethora of value from the BP podcasts as well as the connections I’ve made through BP.

but keep in mind CA has higher taxes and reg fees and I’m not doing more than 1-2 flips (short timeframe flips)  a year and many years do 0 flipsDo most flippers put flips into LLC Or in personal name (sole proprietor)  in CA (where you must pay $800 yearly plus accounting and other fees $300to $600+ yearly to maintain LLC) Pros for personal name-save on taxes accounting.

And North Carolina at large has become a popular pick for both investors and relocators over the last half a decade or so.

Whether or not you subtract reserves for maintenance, vacancy, management, etc. from the annual rent or use the gross amount is a personal decision and I've seen people do it both ways.

I personally used business credit cards to BRRRR a deal—no money came out of my pocket.