Interview your shortlist of PMs in person.

Buying a rental property through an LLC can offer liability protection and may make it easier to separate personal and business finances.

This may be done in person, over the phone, or maybe a zoom.

Personally, I think house-hacking is the best way to start. 

Do you have a personal connection to either of those markets?

Because this is the business we've built together, we enjoy working together, we each have roles that reduce the work load on the group and personally I like that the risk is spread out.

This specific guest was a physician and sounded as though he had a fair amount of personal income that could be used to support his property.

They’re less restrictive since they don’t rely on personal income or DTI, making them a great fit for BRRRR.

Hi Shawn-Congratulations on starting out on your real estate investing career.You have a question about whether it is good to have your real estate license or not as an investor and you are leaning toward multifamily investing.I personally think having your real estate license is helpful as an investor.Having your real estate license allows you to work with other investors to help them build their portfolios which helps expand your network while being productive, you can research market value more effectively, find out about deals before they are listed, and of course it allows you to collect the commission on purchasing any listed property.To Your Success!

@Don Konipol  Don talk about a book on this subject by I think its Jimmy Napier which was written years ago But Don says its the bible I personally have not read it As I got my education working for a HML in Oakland CA and got on the job training as it where .He was a legend and I was very fortunate to find my way to his company and then eventually end up running it.