Quote from @Zach Howard: I think it's probably better to hold real estate in an LLC than in my personal name.

Hello,I am a Software Engineer and a Real Estate Investor working on a tech product for the real estate mortgage brokers.

Best of luck in your real estate adventures.  

100% for 6 months is a lot of money.c) I and friends have quite a few Real Estate contacts in California.

Even less if splitting the lots costs any real money. 

If they just represent first time single family home buyers and aren’t constantly finding off market properties and reviewing deals, you’ll find a better investment through someone else. https://www.kiavi.com/blog/out-of-state-real-estate-investin...https://learn.roofstock.com/blog/out-of-state-real-estate-in...

I'm new to real estate and have recently become interested in wholesaling as a way to get started.

This would be my first real estate investment, making the decision even more critical.I understand that backing out would mean losing the $2,000 earnest deposit.

Too many landlords bee-bop along thinking real estate investing is easy . . . then they get hit with a problem (or 20) and their world is turned upside-down because they don't know what to do.Read my book.

After watching some of the podcasts and reading posts I am set on starting my real estate journey utilizing the house hacking strategy.