Build the empire first then decide where to build the empire's walls. 

Well done and good luck expanding your empire!!!

Thanks for sharing and keep building your empire.

@Joshua LiraHere are my favorite books:Multifamily Millions by Dave LindahlThe ABCs of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroyThe Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings by Steve BergesCommercial Real Estate Investing by Dolf De RoosTrump: The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received by Donald TrumpTax Free Wealth by Tom WheelwrightCommercial Real Estate 101: How Small Investors Can Get Started and Make It Big by David LindahlRaising Private Capital: Building Your Real Estate Empire Using Other People’s Money by Matt FairclothThe Definitive Guide to Apartment Marketing by Josh GrilloInvesting in Apartment Building by Matthew MartinezCrushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate by Brian H MurrayThe 7 Secrets to Successful Apartment Leasing by Eric Cumley2 Years to a Million in Real Estate by Matthew MartinezBurn Zones: Playing Life’s Bad Hands by Jorge NewberyCommercial Mortgages 101: Everything You Need to Know to Create a Winning Loan Request by Michael ReinhardIt’s a Whole New Business!

I am about to give Empire property management a try, they also have agents and are investor focusedI work with James Reardon and the Tejas Gosai group,They are also investor focused

Criteria of Good Market ResearchScientific Method - When a quantitative research approach is used in market research, the principles and procedures of evidence-based, empirical methods are employed.

I've also started to expand my search to Carson and Inland Empire. 

Whether that's the intent or not, you don't want to lose control of how you manage "the empire." 

I didn’t imagine having an entire empire of properties, just the ability to spend time with my kids and not worry about a 9-5 job!

Seller financing is a huge win when your seller owns the property outright and is willing to become the bank so you can start your own real estate empire.