As you scale, it will likely make sense to move this job in-house as it is a $12 - 14/hr job and $200 per pop adds up fast.I don't see very many agents hire a straight up assistant unless they have built some kind of empire.

Meanwhile, there are people with 100 rentals that are working like dogs every day to keep their empire growing.Not all markets cash flow.

There are muliptle layers of asset protection.MortgageInsurance on houseUmbrella InsuranceLLC Land TrustsEtcFor your first rental you may not need as many layers especially if it already has a mortgage and landlord insurance.Once you start building your empire you can implement more layers of protection.

Just because you can do a lot of the rehab on the home yourself, doesn't mean you should as an investor.You could try attending the Inland Empire Real Estate Investment Club which has a monthly meetup.

I started a book called “ Build a rental property empire” So far I’m leaning towards single family homes vs college students.

while I only had one flip in Spokane at the time and nothing in Boise.. 2001 was a very short lived event.. nationwide to a non event. 08 that was another matter did not really matter where you were, it was all about how much you were affected.some areas as we know got hammered FLA GA NV  Central CA and inland empire.

Currently I am looking to start my investment journey in my own backyard in the Inland Empire vs OOS.

Once you are thinking about getting a second LLC to limit the damage any one LLC may have to your empire, then get a Trust.Please remember this is my opinion based on my experience and others opinions may differ.

We are based in The Inland Empire, Ontario, CA 91764.

His approach is generally just what I described above, except that he's tested so many ways to phrase questions that his team has gotten really, really, really good at it.We're looking to implement something similar at scale here in a few months.Best,   Biggerpockets resident Metaphysician and Empire Builder,The Money Dummy