"NOTE: We've assembled several comprehensive guides that revolve around landlording.

Information on market research, assembling a team, managing a home from afar, etc is fairly easy to find and digest.  

Now, I'm starting to do research on Sacramento submarkets and assembling a team here.

I am already trying to assemble my team for the build process.  

Since spending the last 6 months building contacts and knowing what certain investors are looking for that should boost my knowledge on what makes a good investment property.Still would be taking profits from all and putting them in the bank, building available cash flow for future investments.1 to 3 year plan:With the contacts that I have met either through learning, investing, partnering with etc, I would begin to assemble a small team of like minded individuals.Would still continue to wholesale in my target areas.Continue to build bank account.Put first house on market within one year of purchase, begin looking for another fixer upper to invest in.Between my 3 and 4th year I would like to buy my first rental property.

The Georgia Secretary of State, Georgia Real Estate Commission, Licensure and Brokerage, states the following: 520-1-.07, Management Responsibilities of Real Estate Firms(e) In order to provide reasonable guidelines for licensees and their support personnel, but without defining every permitted or prohibited activity, the Commission has identified the following tasks that unlicensed support personnel under the direct supervision of a licensee affiliated with a broker can perform:1. answering the phone and forward calls to a licensee;2. submitting data on listings to a multiple listing service;3. checking on the status of loan commitments after a contract has been negotiated;4. assembling documents for closings;5. securing documents that are public information from the courthouse and other sourcesavailable to the public;6. having keys made for company listings and installing or removing lock boxes from company listings;7. writing advertisements and promotional materials for the approval of the licensee and supervising broker;8. placing advertisements in magazines, newspapers, and other media as directed by the supervising broker;9. receiving, recording, and depositing earnest money, security deposits, and advance rents;10. typing contract forms as directed by the licensee and the supervising broker;11. monitoring personnel files and license reports from the Commission;12. computing commission checks;13. placing signs on property and removing such signs;14. ordering items of routine repair as directed by a licensee;15. acting as courier for such purposes as delivering documents or picking up keys [the licensee remains responsible for assuring delivery of contracts and closing documents as required by O.C.G.A.

I've spent the last couple of years assembling a US rental portfolio of Condos and SFHs in FL: Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville; GA: Atlanta; and NC: Charlotte.

Take advantage of the expertise assembled through Bigger Pockets peers.

@Rich Weese has a few posts that are part of the FAQ thread that I assembled where he tells how "easy" bidding at auction really is - good reading for those not yet enlightened.

I have no intentions of leaving my day job anytime soon, so I think one of the biggest challenges for me (on top of finding great deals) will be assembling a competent team that I can trust.