Our goal is to be financially free within 3 - 5 years, allowing us to work on this endeavor full time.I want to thank everyone who has contributed to the site as it has been an amazing help and I look forward to staying engaged on the forums to pay that back as best I can starting with this way too past due introduction.My wife and I are focusing on buy and hold rentals and flips in the Chicagoland / Central Illinois areas. 

This way you and your bookkeeper can define the scope of your engagement, you don’t get surprised by any extra “hours worked”, and you have more control over your bookkeeping costs.Everyone has different pricing for this.

In the meantime I look forward to engaging on the forums and participating in local meetups!

I would absolutely engage a property manager.  

There is also first mover advantage - you learn how the market really works.Very happy to connect, engage and discuss with others here.

I am wanting to engage more frequently with people more knowledgeable and/or experienced than me.

I am engaged to beautiful women from Bogota Colombia we are waiting for her visa approval hopefully within the next few months.

Seems things have changed.)From the CallHippo Study: Tuesday, 30 May 2017 - The Best Day And Time To Make A Business CallCallHippo did a research on what is the right time to make a call to your prospect,where we took the data of our 1000+ clients that engage with their prospects over calls on a daily basis.

As a side benefit, this has helped me engage with people I might not ever have met except that we got involved and "put our money where our mouths are" when it comes to saying we want to help do some good for other people.It's one thing to say we wish to be generous and to help. 

This is a great network of folks and I'm looking forward to engaging in the forums and ultimately meeting some of you if there are any in-person networking opportunities forthcoming in the D.C. metro area.