Hey Ivan, since you mentioned you're new to real estate investing, starting with a turnkey property and house hacking first might be a safer bet.

You can get great cash-flow in Cincinnati and I think C areas would be your best bet.

I see your point, but it would suck to really start making some headway and then one "accident" cause you to lose everything simply because you didn't take the time and spend $200 to incorporate I get what your saying Chase but the odds of someone suing you are actually very low if you are running an honest business.

If its going to make or break him, might be better for mental health to sell.Austin is a great market and Id be willing to bet the vacancy could be plugged quickly. 

A local Facebook page with real estate investors might be your best bet for receommendations

If you can find someone like that than that is your best bet!

Curious as to whether it's a safe harbor plan (I'll bet it is) and how much it costs (I'm guessing "more" based on the marketing).

Betting that is going to happen again while new smart participants have entered the market(sophisticated players like black rock) and retail (everyone who watches finance youtube knows about real estate) I think is a foolish bet.

Even if its not applicable to how you are looking to invest, areas where the government is putting a bunch of money could be good bets.

I have a very odd situation:I basically bought a house for a friend of mine about a year ago and gave him a 5% interest only loan for the entire purchase/closing/renovation costs.Both he and I would like him to get more permanent financing.But, he does not have a social security number.