I did not "flip it" but I completely renovated it and then refinanced, giving me a little nest egg to cover down payment and renovation costs on flips. 

My plan is to spend a little more time learning and then just "push myself out of the nest" and try to find the safest deal I can just to start. 

I’d avoid shaking the hornet’s nest if at all possible lol.

The Series LLC is ideal for anyone looking to scale up their investments, as it allows you to nest each property into it's on "child" series for protection without you needing to form a new LLC each time.

If your goal is to generate passive income, you may want to look elsewhere or find your own off market deals.If your goal is simply to preserve your nest egg, the Bay Area would be a good place to do so.

Made repairs on HVAC, installed Nest thermostat & doorbell, and laid out garage epoxy floors.

If down (loss) years strike early, than your nest egg takes a hit that may be unrecoverable.Here’s a Down Market Analysis:If you lose 5% you must gain back 5% to break even.If you lose 25% you must gain back 33% to break even.If you lose 50% you must gain back 100% to break even.If you lose 75% you must gain back 300% to break even.You can be the judge on whether the stock market can ‘gain back’ these percentages during your time horizon for retirement.

One even said "thank goodness our condo didn't have the Nest system so we could actually control the air."

Because of many of the tax advantages, using this type of funding can save $1000, even $100,000 in taxes making it that much easier to build up a retirement nest egg.All of the retirement vehicles like IRAs, Roth IRAs, 401(k)s, Coverdale Education Savings Accounts, Health Savings Accounts and maybe a few others can be set up with special qualified custodians and then be used to invest directly in whatever type of real estate investment the investor might want to do.This is a whole month long course in itself, so be sure to get educated about Retirement Funds and many of the custodians have numerous articles, vidoes and webinars on the subject to get you educated.Insurance Plans: There are life insurance plans that combine a term life insurance policy with a savings plan.

If I could make $20-$30k over the next 6 months I almost feel like that is the better way to go with the potential to build the nest egg a little more.