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A new investor buying a $150,000 SFH house in the Midwest or $500,000 duplex doesn't need a trust in the Cook Islands - ridiculous and not practical.I know many California investors with millions in real estate who purchased umbrella insurance who don't even have LLCs.

Save and take another swing being more educated and being able to research virtually anything RE related on bigger pockets. 

I think they are bigger than I had in initially assumed.

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I am just curious whether Bigger Pockets members have been actively pursuing Reno, Nevada, for investment now that Tesla has disclosed they have broke ground near Reno for their planned "gigafactory".  

Phoenix and Scottsdale that require ore capital and bigger renovations.

Bigger Pockets has been a valuable resource for me, and I know I still have so much more to learn.

If you want to look for an investor focused brokerage or team in a brokerage I'd recommend looking for meetups in the local area for real estate investors or potentially other investor focused agents in the area, you can likely find both of these with bigger pockets (depending the location).

@Katie NolanWelcome to Bigger Pockets.