Quote from @Hector Romero: Hello all, I am new to the community as well as being the lead in real estate investments.My sister and I currently hold 3 properties next to each other in Riverside County, California (we'd like to get them in an LLC but we're unsure how that may affect financing them).

haa you are right I don't like your answer, oh well better then getting jammed up by IRS thanks for your time and insight.

Didn't get into rentals on pupose but it's working out well and I want to continue to learn and develop my portfoilo.

Every "good deal" would have to be well below asking to get the figures I would want. 

We've come to know him and his family quite well over the years and I can't say enough good things. 

I can think of a lot of reasons a particular business initiative might fail other than flawed data, and these indexes are more fundamentally part of their core business that seems to have done quite well.

However, I am open to out of state rentals as well. 

A Mentor – I am new to the area and hoping to find someone to learn from and help that knows the area well and can guide me in the right direction.2.

Are you doing GC work in Birmingham as well? 

Are there any creative things that could be done to get to my goals or from your standpoint,  or is it pretty well a firm "not gonna fly" type scenario?