This individual is now my mentor, business partner, and good friend.First deal: 100% attributed to Bigger Pockets.

Not knowing anything about him I believe he meets the two most important attributes for any guru - he's been investing for less than 3 years and he lost alot of money!

And if so, what attributes would you like to see in it?

As you can see, bank owned (REO) properties constitute a small percentage of total sales where as in 2009 they were the majority of sales.Actual ReturnsWe have no attributable data source for the following but we believe it to be true based on talking to existing clients.

As an example, for a fourplex, 3 of the units will be 'investment' so the 1031 exchange funds will be attributed to that.

Send me a message with your email address and I’ll send you the address.And, make sure to read and ask questions on Biggerpockets, I attribute a lot of our success to this site!

I'm sure there are many positive attributes of LLCs - one negative to consider is most Mortgage Lenders will not lend to an LLC. 

It sounds like you both have many attributes going for you in the real estate world.

As the old adage goes "Your Net worth is attributed to your Network" So, get busy!

If you ever eventually sell the property without a 1031 then CA will want tax on the profit it attributes to the time the property was in CA.