I am also a weekly guest blogger on BiggerPockets blog so I know a little about real estate investing in different markets.My answer was not to put down or knock CA or NY real estate.  

Hello @Karen Margrave I am far from a website guru but my girlfriend is a health coach blogger and we had this similar discussion.To me the game is all about a blog now!  

What I couldn't and still can't understand (using the link you provided and their example of "white board markers") how is it advantageous for the blogger to anchor text and link to someone else's site?

Yeah, just bill me later.”Ali Boone, an awesome blogger on BiggerPockets, goes over some of the pros and cons of turnkey investing in a recent article.

As a blogger myself, I would suggest that a self-professed "newbie" focus on telling their soap opera with a lot of personality.

Just this morning I read an article by a BiggerPockets blogger who described that when we pay off our mortgage then we shift the risk away from the bank and onto ourselves.

Everything is relativeFinancial Samurai is one of my favorite bloggers.

Refi just needs comps.It has everything to do with the market...and the analysis of that market.The full answer, with all the ways I can do this, would take more space than the attention span of most bloggers (including me).  

Super Star BP Blogger @Ben Leybovich will join us to share his endless knowledge!

If it is a small audience, use Blogger to start and get a domain for like $12 a year until you build a following, then convert it to WordPress.