Quote from @Elwin Green: Happy Friday!

Quote from @Jonathan Greene: Just ignore anyone talking about Columbus.

Hey Nate, it makes sense to continue building out your investment portfolio in Milwaukee, but if you're looking in the Midwest, I recommend you make sure you get very familiar with the market you're interested in and build your out-of-state team first such as an agent, property manager, lender, and contractors if you're planning on house flipping.I recommend checking out Long-Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene, where he takes you through how to properly invest out-of-state. 

For you, you likely have crossed the level of it being a trade or business.

Has a big red/green start/stop button and you can add notes.

@Marc ShinRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

So where you'd save a small amount on UW fees and perhaps cross collateralized title fees by doing a blanket loan, you will lose all that savings and more IF you ever decided to refi/sell one without the other... just a heads up.The other issue here is you say your assets are tied up... meaning you have no liquidity? 

.: Quote from @Jonathan Greene: This whole forum is way overblown.

@Josh Green is right.

I ended up making an offer on a multifamily today -finance deal so fingers crossed that my offer is accepted and the full inspection goes smoothly.