I began banking with the local branch of a community bank that had a tiny office in my town.

I have now found several properties that is ran by the main property company then branches off into 3 smaller company LLCs.

Hey Andrew, congrats for branching out on your own!

After you have some experience, you will be better prepared to branch to other RE markets.good luck

Make sure you are optimized there first, then branch out.

Hi Alejandro - I would say Spring Branch, The Heights, Energy Corridor, and Memorial City area do have some good investment properties and are definitely showing substantial appreciation in the future with the all the growth happening!

I plan on attending some other county auctions this year and branching out from just Charleston.Overall, though, I don't think its an efficient way to obtain properties.

@Jeremy Staggers Houston has plenty :) American Title Company of Houston/Patriot Title/Capital Title ... all of them have 10+ branches  and they do all sorts of things for investors (e.g. expedite title search, loan doc prep, double close, blind HUD etc) ..PM me if when you have a contract and would be more then happy to introduce you to one of them.

I currently reside in CT and am looking to possibly branch out into REI full time!

Any recommendations on a good commercial broker are greatly appreciated.I did some research on Frost Bank and made a branch visit; I have gone ahead and opened a business checking account with them for my SDIRA.