Luckily, I am actively researching the ins and outs of REITs and PE real estate deals (both of which I encounter often with work).Main Point: I would like to get into real estate investing, but I don't know if I should utilize my career CRE learning and enter that space first, or start smaller with residential.

As I will not be living in the area it is imperative that I have a solid and active team on the ground, and I'm looking to connect with folks who have a deep understanding of the area and would like to do work together. 

So I reached out to the bank and they said that they do not lend to LLCs and if I transferred the property into an LLC they would activate the Due on sale clause.

I bought a 2-family in Albany in April, and have been actively looking for my next (I have one under contract right now).

I’m actively getting scammed from them right now.

In fact, most states probably consider wholesaling an illegal activity because wholesalers are not licensed to sign contracts on behalf of others, yet that's exactly what they do.It's very difficult to catch someone in the act of wholesaling, particularly if all parties agree to it and there are no complaints.

Once RE start going down Sharemarkets will follow, foreclosures, blood on Wall Street, more war and military activity, study history, study Phil J Anderson, Fred Harrison, Akhil Patel. 

If you're able to, start networking at local Milwaukee real estate meetups---this is the very best education and inspiration that you will ever find--I started real estate by signing up for a guru program but by far, my best education came from speaking to other active local investors who are actually doing deals or have built financial freedom---the nationwide guru program only taught about flips and rentals but there are so many different strategies that locals have and are successfully doing.

While I have sufficient liquid cash on hand, I prefer to maintain liquidity as I'm actively seeking my next deal.

Your income is treated as active income and taxed at ordinary rates instead of the passive income we are used to with LTRs, but there might be more deductions you can find as well.After all that, if you know you want to do STRs in the long run, now might be the best time to make the jump.